People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Une certaine histoire du cinéma expérimental français as Lui-même | 2019-02-07 |
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film as Himself | 2011-07-24 |
The Night of the Clocks | 2007-07-16 |
Portrait of Maurice Lemaître as himself | 2004-01-01 |
The Nude Vampire as Georges Radamante | 1970-05-01 |
Venom and Eternity | 1951-04-20 |