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Jacques Leduc
Director, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 25, 1941 (84 years)
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.
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.
Jacques Leduc Filmography
| 1973 | Réjeanne Padovani · as A Militant |
| 2013 | Making Movie History: Jacques Leduc · as Self |
| 2011 | À St-Henri, le 26 août · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Happiness Bound · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | Trying to Describe Oneself · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Soraida, une femme de Palestine · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | 100% bio · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | La main invisible · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | À travers chants · as Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Stardom · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Le territoire du comédien · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | Emergency! A Critical Situation · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | L'erreur boréale · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | You Cried: Let Me Go · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Quatre femmes d'Égypte · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Love Me, Love Me Not · as Cinematographer |
| 1991 | Creative Process: Norman McLaren · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Au chic resto pop · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | La peau et les os · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Le dernier glacier · as Cinematographer |
| 1982 | Debout sur leur terre · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Plenty of Nothing · as Director Of Photography |
| 1969 | A Total Service · as Script |
| 1967 | Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1965 | Les montréalistes · as Director Of Photography |