Jean-Claude Labrecque
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.
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Movies (73)
Labrecque, une caméra pour la mémoire
2017 · Self
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1980
2017 · Director
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
2015 · Self, Director
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1970
2015 · Director
The Private Life of Cinema
2011 · self
From Office to Box-Office
2009 · Jean-Claude Labrecque
Félix
2009 · Director, Writer
Forever Québec
2008 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Summit Circle
2007 · Director of Photography
Rebels with a Camera
2006 · Self
Novena
2005 · Director of Photography
À hauteur d'homme
2003 · Director, Writer
Le RIN
2002 · Scenario Writer, Director
Marriages
2001 · Director of Photography
The Woman Who Drinks
2001 · Director of Photography
Le chemin du Roy
1997 · Jean-Claude Labrecque
Heritage Minutes: Paul-Émile Borduas
1995 · Writer, Director
Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier
1995 · Director
Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau
1995 · Director
The Emperor's New Clothes
1995 · Additional Camera
André Mathieu, musicien
1993 · Director, Director of Photography
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
1993 · Director, Editor
Amoureux fou
1991 · Second Unit Director of Photography
L'histoire des trois
1990 · Director, Camera Operator
Le frère André
1987 · Director
Cinéma, cinéma
1985 · Self
Les années de rêves
1984 · Director
Marie Uguay
1982 · Director
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
1980 · Director
The Coffin Affair
1980 · Director, Writer
26 Times in a Row
1978 · Director of Photography, Director
Games of the XXI Olympiad
1977 · Director
Michèle Lalonde
1977 · Director
Québec fête juin '75
1976 · Director, Camera Operator
On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques
1976 · Director
Les vautours
1975 · Director, Editor
Les beaux dimanches
1974 · Director of Photography
Claude Gauvreau - Poète
1974 · Director
The Heavenly Bodies
1973 · Director of Photography
The Conquest
1973 · Director of Photography
The Wise Guys
1972 · Screenplay, Director
The Apprentice
1971 · Director of Photography
Those Damned Savages
1971 · Director of Photography
La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
1971 · Director
Une balle de gin
1971 · Director of Photography
Canada the Land
1971 · Director of Photography, Director
Charles Gagnon
1970 · Director of Photography
Essai à la mille
1970 · Director
The Ernie Game
1968 · Director of Photography
A Great Big Thing
1968 · Director of Photography
Étude en 21 points
1968 · Director of Photography
From Mother to Daughter
1968 · Director of Photography
La vie
1968 · Director
The Invention of the Adolescent
1968 · Director of Photography
Between Sweet and Salt Water
1967 · Director of Photography
The Times That Are
1967 · Director of Photography
La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec
1967 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
The Summer We Moved to Elm Street
1967 · Director of Photography
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
1966 · Director of Photography
60 Cycles
1965 · Director of Photography, Director
The Merry World of Leopold Z
1965 · Director of Photography
No Vacation for Idols
1965 · Director of Photography
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965 · Director of Photography
Jusqu'au cou
1964 · Director of Photography
The Cat in the Bag
1964 · Director of Photography
Francoise (There Was One Evening ... There Was One Morning)
1964 · Director of Photography
Solange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun
1964 · Director of Photography
The Big Swim
1964 · Director of Photography
Such a Simple Game
1964 · Director of Photography
Walls of Memory
1964 · Director of Photography
Take It All
1963 · Director of Photography
De Montréal à Manicouagan
1963 · Director of Photography
The Big Swim
1963 · Director of Photography
