Jean-Claude 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.

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Remembering Maria Chapdelaine

2015

Director

Félix

2009

Writer, Director

Forever Québec

2008

Cinematography, Director, Writer

À hauteur d'homme

2003

Writer, Director

Le RIN

2002

Scenario Writer, Director

Marriages

2001

Cinematography

André Mathieu, musicien

1993

Cinematography, Director

La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991

1993

Editor, Director

Amoureux fou

1991

Second Unit Director of Photography

Le frère André

1987

Director

Les années de rêves

1984

Director

Marie Uguay

1982

Director

La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980

1980

Director

The Coffin Affair

1980

Director

26 Times in a Row

1978

Director of Photography, Director

Games of the XXI Olympiad

1977

Director

Michèle Lalonde

Director

Une balle de gin

1971

Director of Photography

Charles Gagnon

1970

Director of Photography

Essai à la mille

1970

Director

Canada the Land

1969

Director of Photography, Director

The Ernie Game

1968

Director of Photography

A Great Big Thing

1968

Director of Photography

From Mother to Daughter

Director of Photography

The Big Swim

1964

Director of Photography

Such a Simple Game

1964

Director of Photography

Take It All

1963

Director of Photography

De Montréal à Manicouagan

1963

Director of Photography

Olympic Swimmers

1963

Director of Photography

La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec

Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer

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Jean-Claude Labrecque

Crewed in

Remembering Maria Chapdelaine

Félix

Forever Québec

À hauteur d'homme

Le RIN

Marriages

André Mathieu, musicien

La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991

Amoureux fou

Le frère André

Les années de rêves

Marie Uguay

La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980

The Coffin Affair

26 Times in a Row

Games of the XXI Olympiad

Michèle Lalonde

On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques

Les vautours

Les beaux dimanches

Claude Gauvreau - Poète

The Heavenly Bodies

The Conquest

The Wise Guys

The Apprentice

Those Damned Savages

La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970

Une balle de gin

Charles Gagnon

Essai à la mille

Canada the Land

The Ernie Game

A Great Big Thing

From Mother to Daughter

La vie

Between Sweet and Salt Water

The Times That Are

Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

60 Cycles

The Merry World of Leopold Z

No Vacation for Idols

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

The Cat in the Bag

Solange dans nos campagnes

The Big Swim

Such a Simple Game

Take It All

De Montréal à Manicouagan

Olympic Swimmers

La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec