Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Known for DirectingBorn 1941-08-17 (age 84)Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean Pierre Lefebvre (born 17 August 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers. Jean Pierre Lefebvre studied literature at the University of Montréal and taught for two years at the Jesuit-run Loyola College in Montreal (now part of Concordia University). He began writing as a film critic, first for Quartier Latin, then for Séquences and Objectif. He directed his first film, a short drama, then three independent features. He joined the National Film Board of Canada and made two films, including the 1968 feature My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette), co-starring Raôul Duguay and produced by Clément Perron. Lefebvre was then asked to head the NFB's French-language fiction studio. He began its Premières Oeuvres series, designed to make low-budget shorts and features. Four features and a number of shorts were produced within a year before the initiative was terminated, and Lefebvre left to form his own production company, Cinak, with his wife and editor, Marguerite Duparc. He writes and produces all his own films. Lefebvre was one of the first Canadian filmmakers to receive international acclaim for his work; his film Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) (1967) was the first Canadian film to be invited to the Cannes Film Festival. He proved to be successful again at Cannes when he received the International Critics' Prize for Les fleurs sauvages (1982) and his film Le jour S... (1984) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section. His 1973 film The Last Betrothal (Les dernières fiançailles) won the prestigious Prix de l'Organisation catholique internationale du cinéma in 1974. Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça (1967), Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort (1977), and Aujourd'hui ou jamais (1997) make up his Abel Trilogy; three feature films starring the recurring character of Abel Gagné played by Marcel Sabourin. In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his innovative and high-quality feature films". In 1995 he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. In 2013, Lefebvre received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award. Source: Article "Jean Pierre Lefebvre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

City of Dark

The Box of Sun

S As in...

Avoir 16 ans

Le gars des vues

Le manuscrit érotique

See You in Toronto

The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel

Pigs Are Seldom Clean

Patricia et Jean-Baptiste

Apostrophes

American Girls

L'île jaune

L'amour blessé

Ultimatum

Mon oeil

Those Damned Savages

To the Rhythm of my Heart

Backyard Theatre

Mon enfance à Montréal

Q-Bec My Love

The Revolutionary

Réjeanne Padovani

Now or Never

Between You and You All

My Friend Pierrette

Clouds Over the City

The Last Betrothal

Don't Let It Kill You

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died

Wild Flowers

Vital Signs

The House of Light

Straight to the Heart

Pour l'amour de Dieu

At the End of Nothing at All

Jean Pierre Lefebvre

The Private Life of Cinema

From Office to Box-Office

Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails

Preludes