JL
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Director, Writer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born June 19, 1938Died May 31, 2019 (80 years)
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.
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.
Jean-Claude Labrecque Filmography
| 2015 | |
| 2003 | |
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes (TV Series) |
| 1980 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | |
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| 1971 |
| 2003 | |
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Les smattes · as Screenplay |
| 1975 |
| 2019 | Le vieil âge et l'espérance · as Self |
| 2018 | Doc humanité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Labrecque, une caméra pour la mémoire · as Himself |
| 2015 | Remembering Maria Chapdelaine · as Self |
| 2009 | J'ai la mémoire qui tourne (TV Series) · as Self (2010) |
| 2002 |
| 2007 | Contre toute espérance · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | The Novena · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | À hauteur d'homme · as Cinematographer |
| 2001 | Marriages · as Cinematographer |
| 2001 | The Woman Who Drinks · as Director Of Photography |
| 1993 | Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance · as Cinematographer |
| 1991 | Amoureux fou · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | 26 fois de suite! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | Les vautours · as Original Idea |
| 1974 | Lovely Sundays · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | The Heavenly Bodies · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | The Conquest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | Les maudits sauvages · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | Blue Flower · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | Canada: The Land · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | From Mother to Daughter · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | 21 Points · as Cinematographer |
| 1967 | The Ernie Game · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | The Times That Are · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | Between Sweet and Salt Water · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Volleyball · as Cinematographer |
| 1966 | Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | The Merry World of Leopold Z · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | City Under Pressure · as Cinematographer |
| 1964 | The Child of the Future: How Might He Learn? · as Cinematographer |
| 1964 | Jusqu'au cou · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | The Cat in the Bag · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | The Big Swim · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | Un jeu si simple · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | Mémoire en fête · as Cinematographer |
| 1963 | Take It All · as Director Of Photography |