Directing
Jean-Claude Labrecque
FR, EN, IT cinema · 72 credits
Born
19 June 1938
Died
31 May 2019 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Also known as J. C. Labrecque · J.-C. 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.
Known for
Filmography
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1980
2017
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1980
Director
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
as Self, Director
From Office to Box-Office
as Jean-Claude Labrecque
Félix
Director, Writer
Forever Québec
Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Summit Circle
Director of Photography
Novena
Director of Photography
À hauteur d'homme
2003
À hauteur d'homme
Director, Writer
Le RIN
2002
Le RIN
Scenario Writer, Director
The Woman Who Drinks
Director of Photography
Marriages
Director of Photography
Le chemin du Roy
1997
Le chemin du Roy
as Jean-Claude Labrecque
The Emperor's New Clothes
Additional Camera
Heritage Minutes: Paul-Émile Borduas
Writer, Director
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
1993
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
Director, Editor
André Mathieu, musicien
1993
André Mathieu, musicien
Director, Director of Photography
Amoureux fou
Second Unit Director of Photography
L'histoire des trois
1990
L'histoire des trois
Director, Camera Operator
Cinéma, cinéma
as Self
Les années de rêves
Director
Marie Uguay
Director
The Coffin Affair
Director, Writer
26 Times in a Row
Director of Photography, Director
Québec fête juin '75
Director, Camera Operator
Les vautours
Director, Editor
Les beaux dimanches
Director of Photography
The Conquest
Director of Photography
The Heavenly Bodies
Director of Photography
The Wise Guys
Screenplay, Director
Une balle de gin
Director of Photography
The Apprentice
Director of Photography
Those Damned Savages
Director of Photography
Canada the Land
Director of Photography, Director
Charles Gagnon
1970
Charles Gagnon
Director of Photography
Essai à la mille
Director
The Ernie Game
Director of Photography
From Mother to Daughter
Director of Photography
A Great Big Thing
1968
A Great Big Thing
Director of Photography
La vie
1968
La vie
Director
The Invention of the Adolescent
Director of Photography
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Director of Photography
The Times That Are
Director of Photography
La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
The Summer We Moved to Elm Street
1967
The Summer We Moved to Elm Street
Director of Photography
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
Director of Photography
The Merry World of Leopold Z
Director of Photography
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Director of Photography
No Vacation for Idols
Director of Photography
60 Cycles
Director of Photography, Director
Solange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun
Director of Photography
The Big Swim
Director of Photography
The Cat in the Bag
Director of Photography
Un jeu si simple
1964
Such a Simple Game
Director of Photography
Jusqu'au cou
Director of Photography
Mémoire en fête
1964
Walls of Memory
Director of Photography
Françoise (Il y eut un soir... il y eut un matin)
1964
Francoise (There Was One Evening ... There Was One Morning)
Director of Photography
De Montréal à Manicouagan
1963
De Montréal à Manicouagan
Director of Photography
Natation
1963
The Big Swim
Director of Photography
Take It All
Director of Photography