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.
Personal Details
Movies (46)
Imag-en cada verso
as self (archive sound)
2019
Une certaine histoire du cinéma expérimental français
as Lui-même
2019
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
as Himself
2011
The Night of the Clocks
2007
Maurice Lemaitre, Tarzan et Mao
as him
2006
Portrait of Maurice Lemaître
as himself
2004
Ganeden
Director (Directing)
2003
Nos stars
Director (Directing)
2002
Le petit dieu
Director (Directing)
2002
Bande annonce
Director (Directing)
1993
L'Ayant-Droit
Director (Directing)
1991
Fin de tournage
Director (Directing)
1990
L'Amour, qu'est-ce?
Director (Directing)
1989
Films Imaginaires
Director (Directing)
1985
To Screen on the Sky, At Night…
Director (Directing)
1979
Love Reinvented
Director (Directing)
1979
Erich Von Stroheim
Director (Directing)
1979
Des scènes d'amour très réalistes avec force détails et gros plans
Director (Directing)
1978
Un film porno
Director (Directing)
1978
The Song of Rio Jim
Director (Directing)
1978
Nada!, le dernier film
Director (Directing)
1978
The Great Train of History
Director (Directing)
1978
Tous derrière Suzanne, jeune, dure et pure!
Director (Directing)
1978
Un navet
Director (Directing)
1977
50 bons films
Director (Directing)
1977
Montage
Director (Directing)
1977
Six films infinitésimaux et supertemporels
Director (Directing)
1975
Image
Director (Directing)
1974
The Iron Rose
Dialogue (Writing)
1973
The Nude Vampire
as Georges Radamante
1970
Positif-Negatif, notre film
Director (Directing)
1970
Un film à faire
Director (Directing)
1970
Un programme d'avant-garde
Director (Directing)
1970
Ever the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde till Heaven and After
Director (Directing)
1970
L'Écrevisse mathématique
Director (Directing)
1969
Le Soulèvement de la jeunesse Mai 68
Director (Directing)
1969
Une Oeuvre
Director (Directing)
1968
Chutes
Director (Directing)
1968
Chantal D., Star
Director (Directing)
1968
Pellicule
Director (Directing)
1968
Moteur!
Director (Directing)
1967
Le film de demain
Director (Directing)
1967
Au-delà du déclic
Director (Directing)
1965
Un soir au cinéma, suivi de Pour faire un film
Director (Directing)
1963
Venom and Eternity
1952
Has the Film Already Started?
Director (Directing)
1951
