Maurice Lemaître
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.
Films (51)
Imag-en cada verso
2019 · self (archive sound)
Une certaine histoire du cinéma expérimental français
2019 · Lui-même
Free Radicals
2011 · Himself
Resilliance (début)
2009 · (voice), Director
The Night of the Clocks
2007
Maurice Lemaitre, Tarzan et Mao
2006 · him
Portrait of Maurice Lemaître
2004 · himself
Ganeden
2003 · Director
Nos stars
2002 · Director
Le petit dieu
2002 · Director
Bande annonce
1993 · Director
L'Ayant-Droit
1991 · Director
Fin de tournage
1990 · Director
L'Amour, qu'est-ce?
1989 · Director
Films Imaginaires
1985 · Director
To Screen on the Sky, At Night…
1979 · Director
Love Reinvented
1979 · Director
Erich Von Stroheim
1979 · Director
Des scènes d'amour très réalistes avec force détails et gros plans
1978 · Director
Un film porno
1978 · Director
The Song of Rio Jim
1978 · Director
Nada!, le dernier film
1978 · Director
The Great Train of History
1978 · Director
Tous derrière Suzanne, jeune, dure et pure!
1978 · Director
4 films anti-supertemporels
1978 · Director
Un navet
1977 · Director
50 bons films
1977 · Director
Montage
1977 · Director
Six films infinitésimaux et supertemporels
1975 · Director
Image
1974 · Director
The Iron Rose
1973 · Dialogue
The Nude Vampire
1970 · Georges Radamante
Positif-Negatif, notre film
1970 · Director
Un film à faire
1970 · Director
Un programme d'avant-garde
1970 · Director
Ever the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde till Heaven and After
1970 · Director, Writer
L'Écrevisse mathématique
1969 · Director
Le Soulèvement de la jeunesse Mai 68
1969 · Director
Une Oeuvre
1968 · Director
Chutes
1968 · Director
Chantal D., Star
1968 · Director
Pellicule
1968 · Director
Moteur!
1967 · Director
Le film de demain
1967 · Director
Au-delà du déclic
1965 · Director
Un soir au cinéma, suivi de Pour faire un film
1963 · Director
Venom and Eternity
1952
Has the Film Already Started?
1951 · Director
Vies de MB, V: Tunisie, Tunisie
· Director
Une copie mutilée
· Director
Un film commercial et militant
· Director
