Biography
Jean-Claude Labrecque, CM CQ (June 19, 1938 – May 31, 2019) was a director and cinematographer who learned the basics of filmmaking at the National Film Board of Canada.
Jean-Claude Labrecque was born in Quebec City, Quebec, and trained as a camera assistant at the NFB. As a cinematographer, he shot many of the early key films of Claude Jutra (À tout prendre), Michel Brault (Entre la mer et l’eau douce), Gilles Carle (La vie heureuse de Léopold Z), Gilles Groulx (Le Chat dans le sac) and Don Owen (Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail, The Ernie Game). He turned to directing in 1965 with 60 Cycles, about a long-distance bike race on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River, which has been described as a virtual encyclopedia of camera techniques. It won 22 international awards and was nominated for a BAFTA. He left the NFB in 1967 to set-up his own production company, although he continued to freelance with the Board.
Filmography
all 61
Movies 60
Director 30
self 3
TV Shows 1
Doc humanité (2018)
Labrecque, une caméra pour la mémoire (2017)
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine (2015)
Félix (2009)
My Father's Studio (2008)
Summit Circle (2007)
Live Before the Letter (2006)
Novena (2005)
À hauteur d'homme (2003)
Le RIN (2002)
Marriages (2001)
The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
Le chemin du Roy (1997)
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991 (1993)
Amoureux fou (1991)
Le frère André (1987)
Les années de rêves (1984)
Marie Uguay (1982)
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980 (1980)
26 Times in a Row (1978)
Games of the XXI Olympiad (1977)
Michèle Lalonde (1977)
On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques (1976)
La veillée des veillées (1976)
Les vautours (1975)
Les beaux dimanches (1974)
Claude Gauvreau - Poète (1974)
The Heavenly Bodies (1973)
The Conquest (1973)
The Wise Guys (1972)
The Apprentice (1971)
Those Damned Savages (1971)
La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970 (1971)
Une balle de gin (1971)
Essai à la mille (1970)
Charles Gagnon (1970)
Vertige (1969)
Canada the Land (1969)
The Ernie Game (1968)
A Great Big Thing (1968)
La vie (1968)
From Mother to Daughter (1968)
The Times That Are (1967)
Between Sweet and Salt Water (1967)
Volleyball (1966)
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail (1966)
60 Cycles (1965)
The Merry World of Leopold Z (1965)
No Vacation for Idols (1965)
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (1965)
City Under Pressure (1965)
The Child of the Future: How Might He Learn? (1964)
The Cat in the Bag (1964)
Solange dans nos campagnes (1964)
Such a Simple Game (1964)
The Big Swim (1964)
Walls of Memory (1964)
Take It All (1963)
Olympic Swimmers (1963)
De Montréal à Manicouagan (1963)
Un air de famille (1963)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1938-06-19
Deathday2019-05-31 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceQuebec City, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known As J. C. Labrecque, J.-C. Labrecque
AwardsKnight of the National Order of Quebec, Member of the Order of Canada, Prix Albert-Tessier
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