Michel Brault

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Michel Brault

Camera June 25, 1928

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Michel Brault (25 June 1928 – 21 September 2013) was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of Direct Cinem…

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No Mercy

No Mercy

5.8 1986 Movie
Chronicle of a Summer

Chronicle of a Summer

7.2 1961 Movie
Mon oncle Antoine

Mon oncle Antoine

6.9 1971 Movie
Orders

Orders

7.3 1974 Movie
Threshold

Threshold

5.3 1981 Movie
Geneviève

Geneviève

6.6 1964 Movie
The Snowshoers

The Snowshoers

5.7 1958 Movie
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

7.5 1963 Movie
The Devil's Toy

The Devil's Toy

6.4 1966 Movie
Good Riddance

Good Riddance

7.4 1980 Movie
Kamouraska

Kamouraska

5.9 1973 Movie
Between Sweet and Salt Water

Between Sweet and Salt Water

6.1 1967 Movie

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Michel Brault (25 June 1928 – 21 September 2013) was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s. Brault was a pioneer of the hand-held camera aesthetic.

Filmography

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  1. 2011
    The Private Life of Cinema

    Movie self

  2. 2009
    From Office to Box-Office

    Movie Michel Brault

  3. 2008
    Capturing Reality

    Movie Self

  4. 2007
    Happiness Bound

    Movie Director

  5. 2007
    Les p'tites vues

    TV show Self

  6. 2006
    Rebels with a Camera

    Movie Self

  7. 2004
    La beauté du geste

    Movie Self

  8. 2002
    Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story

    Movie Self

  9. 2000
    Anne Hébert, 1916-2000

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 1999
    The Long Winter

    Movie Director

  11. 1996
    Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le temps

    Movie Director

  12. 1994
    Mon amie Max

    Movie Director

  13. 1992
    Shabbot Shalom!

    Movie Director

  14. 1991
    Montreal Stories

    Movie Director

  15. 1989
    Bye Bye Victor

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1989
    Dead Man Out

    Movie Director of Photography

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  1. 1989
    A Paper Wedding

    Movie Director

  2. 1987
    The Great Land of Small

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 1986
    No Mercy

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 1986
    Half a Lifetime

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1985
    Cinéma, cinéma

    Movie Self

  6. 1984
    Louisiana

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 1982
    The Forties

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1981
    Threshold

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 1980
    Good Riddance

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 1980
    The Skiff of Renald and Thomas

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 1979
    A Scream from Silence

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1976
    La Révolution du Dansage

    Movie Director

  13. 1975
    La Tête de Normande St-Onge

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1975
    Before the Time Comes

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 1975
    Eliza's Horoscope

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1974
    Le son des français d'Amérique

    Movie Director

  17. 1974
    Orders

    Movie Director

  18. 1973
    Kamouraska

    Movie Director of Photography

  19. 1973
    The Lever and the River

    Movie Director of Photography

  20. 1973
    Tickets s.v.p

    Movie Director of Photography

  21. 1972
    The Time of the Hunt

    Movie Director of Photography

  22. 1971
    Mon oncle Antoine

    Movie Director of Photography

  23. 1971
    Acadia Acadia?!?

    Movie Director

  24. 1970
    Un pays sans bon sens!

    Movie Director of Photography