Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 25, 1941
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Credits
59 titles
Jacques Leduc
Biography
Jacques Leduc (born November 25, 1941) is a Canadian film director and cinematographer. Leduc began his career in 1961 working as a film critic for the magazine Objectif. The following year, at the age of 21, he was hired as a camera assistant by the NFB. Over the course of the next few years he worked under such filmmakers as Denys Arcand, Gilles Carle, and Don Owen. In 1965 he began working as both Director and Cinematographer; his first film as director was a documentary short entitled Chantal en vrac. Leduc continued his work as Director with his first feature film in 1967 entitled Nomininque, depuis qu'il existe and his first feature documentary film in 1969 entitled Cap d'espoir. The documentary film was "about the muted violence that existed [in Quebec] and the monopoly over news held by Power Corp." and became one of the most famous cases of censorship at the NFB when it was banned by NFB commissioner Hugo McPherson. Leduc continued working on critically acclaimed films throughout the 70s and 80s such as On est loin du soleil (1970), Tendresse ordinaire (1973), and Trois pommes à côté du sommeil (1988). In 1990 he left the NFB and became a freelance filmmaker.[3] In 1992 he directed the film La vie fantôme; the film was named Best Canadian Film at the Montreal World Film Festival and earned a Genie Award for Best Screenplay nomination. Since then he has primarily worked with other Directors as their cinematographer and in 2008 was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier.
Known For
Filmography
The Private Life of Cinema
self
Trying to Describe Oneself
Director of Photography
Tree with Severed Branches
Cinematography
Entretien avec Anne Claire Poirier
Director of Photography
Soraida, a Woman of Palestine
Director of Photography
La beauté du geste
Director of Photography
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La main invisible
Director of Photography
Bad Girl
Director of Photography
La loi de l'eau
Director of Photography
My Eye for a Camera
Jacques Leduc
For a Song
Director of Photography
Stardom
Second Unit Director of Photography
Emergency! A Critical Situation
Director of Photography
Forest Alert
Director of Photography
When I Will Be Gone...
Director
You Cried: Let Me Go
Director of Photography
Le temps qu'il fait
Director of Photography
Four Women of Egypt
Director of Photography
La vie fantôme
Director
Montreal Stories
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Au chic Resto Pop
Director of Photography
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Director of Photography
Lessons on Life
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Haïti, Nous là! Nou La!
Director of Photography
Le temps des cigales
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Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!
Director of Photography
Cinéma, cinéma
Self
The Last Glacier
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L'Émotion dissonante
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Our Land, Our Truth
Director of Photography
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
Director of Photography
Plenty of Nothing
Director of Photography
Albédo
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Lundi - Une chaumière, un coeur
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Le Plan Sentimental
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Mardi - Un jour anonyme
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Friday: About Cars
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Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit
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Dimanche - Granit
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Jeudi : « À Cheval sur l'Argent »
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Mercredi : « Petits souliers, petit pain »
Director
Cap d'espoir
Director
« Les Oreilles » mène l'enquête
Director of Photography
Ultimatum
Director of Photography
Ordinary Tenderness
Director
Réjeanne Padovani
A Militant
Alegria
Director
La tête au neutre
Far from the Sun
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