About

Known credits:
47
Birthday:
1926-04-23
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Maurice Lemaître

Overview

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

Acting
2019 Une certaine histoire du cinéma expérimental français Actor Lui-même N/A
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2011 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film Actor Himself 59
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2007 The Night of the Clocks Actor 58
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2004 Portrait of Maurice Lemaître Actor himself N/A
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1970 The Nude Vampire Actor Georges Radamante 57
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1952 Venom and Eternity Actor 59
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Directing
2003 Ganeden Directing Director N/A
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2002 Nos stars Directing Director 59
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2002 Le petit dieu Directing Director N/A
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1991 L'Ayant-Droit Directing Director N/A
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1990 Fin de tournage Directing Director N/A
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1989 L'Amour, qu'est-ce? Directing Director N/A
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1985 Films Imaginaires Directing Director N/A
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1979 Love Reinvented Directing Director N/A
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1979 Erich Von Stroheim Directing Director N/A
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1979 To Screen on the Sky, At Night… Directing Director N/A
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1978 Des scènes d'amour très réalistes avec force détails et gros plans Directing Director N/A
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1978 Nada!, le dernier film Directing Director N/A
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1978 Un film porno Directing Director 59
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1978 The Song of Rio Jim Directing Director N/A
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1978 Tous derrière Suzanne, jeune, dure et pure! Directing Director N/A
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1978 The Great Train of History Directing Director N/A
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1977 Un navet Directing Director N/A
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1977 50 bons films Directing Director N/A
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1977 Montage Directing Director N/A
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1975 Six films infinitésimaux et supertemporels Directing Director N/A
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1974 Image Directing Director N/A
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1970 Positif-Negatif, notre film Directing Director N/A
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1970 Un film à faire Directing Director N/A
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1970 Un programme d'avant-garde Directing Director N/A
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1970 Ever the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde till Heaven and After Directing Director N/A
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1969 L'Écrevisse mathématique Directing Director N/A
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1969 Le Soulèvement de la jeunesse Mai 68 Directing Director N/A
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1968 Une Oeuvre Directing Director N/A
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1968 Chutes Directing Director N/A
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1968 Chantal D., Star Directing Director N/A
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1968 Pellicule Directing Director N/A
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1967 Moteur! Directing Director N/A
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1967 Le film de demain Directing Director N/A
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1965 Au-delà du déclic Directing Director N/A
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1963 Un soir au cinéma, suivi de Pour faire un film Directing Director N/A
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1951 Has the Film Already Started? Directing Director 59
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Vies de MB, V: Tunisie, Tunisie Directing Director 59
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Une copie mutilée Directing Director N/A
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Un film commercial et militant Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1973 The Iron Rose Writing Dialogue 59
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1970 Ever the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde till Heaven and After Writing Writer N/A
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