Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 19, 1938
Died
May 31, 2019
Place of Birth
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Credits
74 titles
Jean-Claude Labrecque
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.
Known For
Filmography
Doc humanité
Self
Labrecque, une caméra pour la mémoire
Self
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1980
Director
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
Self
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1970
Director
The Private Life of Cinema
self
From Office to Box-Office
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Félix
Writer
Forever Québec
Director
Summit Circle
Director of Photography
Rebels with a Camera
Self
Novena
Director of Photography
À hauteur d'homme
Writer
Le RIN
Scenario Writer
Marriages
Director of Photography
The Woman Who Drinks
Director of Photography
Le chemin du Roy
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier
Director
Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau
Director
Heritage Minutes: Paul-Émile Borduas
Writer
The Emperor's New Clothes
Additional Camera
André Mathieu, musicien
Director
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
Editor
Amoureux fou
Second Unit Director of Photography
Heritage Minutes
Director
L'histoire des trois
Director
Le frère André
Director
Cinéma, cinéma
Self
Les années de rêves
Director
Marie Uguay
Director
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
Director
The Coffin Affair
Director
26 Times in a Row
Director of Photography
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Director
Michèle Lalonde
Director
Québec fête juin '75
Director
On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques
Director
Les vautours
Director
Les beaux dimanches
Director of Photography
Claude Gauvreau - Poète
Director
The Heavenly Bodies
Director of Photography
The Conquest
Director of Photography
The Wise Guys
Screenplay
The Apprentice
Director of Photography
Those Damned Savages
Director of Photography
La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
Director
Une balle de gin
Director of Photography
Canada the Land
Director of Photography
Essai à la mille
Director
Charles Gagnon
Director of Photography