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Jean-Claude Labrecque
Québec 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-Cla…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2018
Doc humanité
TV show Self
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2017
Labrecque, une caméra pour la mémoire
Movie Self
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2017
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1980
Movie Director
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2015
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
Movie Self
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2015
Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1970
Movie Director
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2011
The Private Life of Cinema
Movie self
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2009
From Office to Box-Office
Movie Jean-Claude Labrecque
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2009
Félix
Movie Director
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2008
Forever Québec
Movie Director
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2007
Summit Circle
Movie Director of Photography
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2006
Rebels with a Camera
Movie Self
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2005
Novena
Movie Director of Photography
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2003
À hauteur d'homme
Movie Director
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2002
Le RIN
Movie Director
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2001
Marriages
Movie Director of Photography
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2001
The Woman Who Drinks
Movie Director of Photography
More credits
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1997
Le chemin du Roy
Movie Jean-Claude Labrecque
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1995
Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau
Movie Director
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1995
Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier
Movie Director
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1995
Heritage Minutes: Paul-Émile Borduas
Movie Writer
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1995
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie Additional Camera
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1993
André Mathieu, musicien
Movie Director
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1993
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
Movie Editor
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1991
Amoureux fou
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
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1991
Heritage Minutes
TV show Director
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1990
L'histoire des trois
Movie Director
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1987
Le frère André
Movie Director
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1985
Cinéma, cinéma
Movie Self
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1984
Les années de rêves
Movie Director
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1982
Marie Uguay
Movie Director
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1980
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
Movie Director
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1980
The Coffin Affair
Movie Director
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1978
26 Times in a Row
Movie Director of Photography
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1977
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Movie Director
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1977
Michèle Lalonde
Movie Director
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1976
Québec fête juin '75
Movie Director
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1976
On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques
Movie Director
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1975
Les vautours
Movie Director
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1974
Les beaux dimanches
Movie Director of Photography
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1974
Claude Gauvreau - Poète
Movie Director
