Deceased
How Did Pierre Schaeffer Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 85GenderMaleNationalityFranceBorn14/08/1910Born inNancy, FranceDied19/08/1995Died inAix-en-ProvenceCauseAlzheimer's diseaseWikidataQ315744 ↗Buried atDelincourtTMDb#1003228 ↗
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly communications and acoustics—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his anti-nuclear activism and cultural criticism garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | La VoixMovie | Voice | 113 |
| 2022 | The Animograph, or I Was Born in a ShoeboxMovie | Self (archive footage) | 112 |
| 2022 | Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the WorldMovie | Self - Composer (archive footage) | 112 |
| 1966 | The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard VarèseMovie | Self | 56 |
| 1962 | Love at TwentyMovie | Himself (segment "Antoine et Colette") | 52 |
| 1962 | Antoine and ColetteMovie | Pierre Schaeffer | 52 |
| 1961 | Pierre Schaeffer lance un appel aux chercheursMovie | — | 51 |
| 1959 | DiscoramaSeries | Self | 49 |