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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.
As director
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1980
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1970
Félix
Forever Québec
À hauteur d'homme
Le RIN
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
André Mathieu, musicien
L'histoire des trois
Le frère André
Les années de rêves
Marie Uguay
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
The Coffin Affair
26 Times in a Row
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Michèle Lalonde
On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques
Québec fête juin '75
Les vautours
Claude Gauvreau - Poète
The Wise Guys
Canada the Land
La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
Essai à la mille
La vie
La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec
60 Cycles
