Maurice Lemaître

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-04-23 (98 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Maurice Lemaître

Biography

Maurice Lemaître (born April 23rd 1926 in Paris) is an artist, writer and French poet. He is known to be one of the main figures of lettrisme, a movement started in the 1950s. Lemaître was educated at the School of Arts and Crafts and Public Works. After taking part in the Liberation of Paris, he began his philosophy degree at the Sorbonne. In 1948, he began his career as a journalist and wrote for the newspaper of the libertarian movement. A year later, he met Isidore Isou and immediately became interested in his political and avant-garde thoughts. In 1950, Lemaître becomes very invested in the Lettrist group and created in the same year the "Youth Front", a political journal; while simultaneously creating a literary and pictorial magazine, entitled "Ur," which remains as "The Minotaur" of lettrism. Since his literary creations, Lemaître has continued to develop various fields within the Lettrist movement: poetry, theater, dance, novel, painting, photography, film, economy, psychopathology and psychotherapy . Despite his dedication to the movement, since 2000, Lemaître distanced himself from the movement and is now relatively isolated from the main group.

Known For

Director

Une copie mutilée

as Director

2003
Ganeden

as Director

2002
Nos stars

as Director

2002
Le petit dieu

as Director

1991
L'Ayant-Droit

as Director

1990
Fin de tournage

as Director

1989
1985
Films Imaginaires

as Director

1979
Love Reinvented

as Director

1979
Erich Von Stroheim

as Director

1978
Un film porno

as Director

1978
1978
1977
50 bons films

as Director

1977
Un navet

as Director

1977
Montage

as Director

1974
Image

as Director

1970
Un film à faire

as Director

1968
Pellicule

as Director

1968
Chutes

as Director

1968
Chantal D., Star

as Director

1968
Une Oeuvre

as Director

1967
Moteur!

as Director

1967
Le film de demain

as Director

1965