
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Known for DirectingBorn 1938-06-19Died 2019-05-31Québec City, Québec, Canada
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.Read more
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André Mathieu, musicien
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André Mathieu, musicien
1993 · Movie
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Les années de rêves
1984 · Movie
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La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec
1967 · Movie
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No Vacation for Idols
1965 · Movie
The Big Swim
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The Big Swim
1963 · Movie
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Labrecque, une caméra pour la mémoire
2017 · Movie
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Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
2015 · Movie
L'histoire des trois
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L'histoire des trois
1990 · Movie
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Marie Uguay
1982 · Movie
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The Coffin Affair
1980 · Movie
Michèle Lalonde
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Michèle Lalonde
1977 · Movie
La vie
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La vie
1968 · Movie
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Solange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun
1964 · Movie
Such a Simple Game
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Such a Simple Game
1964 · Movie
De Montréal à Manicouagan
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De Montréal à Manicouagan
1963 · Movie
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
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La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
1980 · Movie
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Québec fête juin '75
1976 · Movie
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La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
1971 · Movie
A Great Big Thing
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A Great Big Thing
1968 · Movie
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Those Damned Savages
1971 · Movie
Le RIN
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Le RIN
2002 · Movie
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Essai à la mille
1970 · Movie
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Jusqu'au cou
1964 · Movie
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60 Cycles
1965 · Movie
Le frère André
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Le frère André
1987 · Movie
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Cinéma, cinéma
1985 · Movie
À hauteur d'homme
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À hauteur d'homme
2003 · Movie
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Les vautours
1975 · Movie
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The Heavenly Bodies
1973 · Movie
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The Woman Who Drinks
2001 · Movie
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Summit Circle
2007 · Movie
The Big Swim
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The Big Swim
1964 · Movie
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Canada the Land
1971 · Movie
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The Merry World of Leopold Z
1965 · Movie
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Les beaux dimanches
1974 · Movie
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The Wise Guys
1972 · Movie
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Novena
2005 · Movie
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The Times That Are
1967 · Movie
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Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
1966 · Movie
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Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965 · Movie
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The Conquest
1973 · Movie
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The Cat in the Bag
1964 · Movie
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Between Sweet and Salt Water
1967 · Movie
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Take It All
1963 · Movie
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The Ernie Game
1968 · Movie
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Games of the XXI Olympiad
1977 · Movie
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Marriages
2001 · Movie
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Amoureux fou
1991 · Movie