Jean-Claude Labrecque
Directing
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
Directing29
movieFélix
2009
Director
movieForever Québec
2008
Director
Le RIN
2002
Director
movieLes années de rêves
1984
Director
movieMarie Uguay
1982
Director
movieThe Coffin Affair
1980
Director
movie26 Times in a Row
1978
Director
movieQuébec fête juin '75
1976
Director
On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques
1976
Director
movieLes vautours
1975
Director
movieClaude Gauvreau - Poète
1974
Director
movieThe Wise Guys
1972
Director
movieCanada the Land
1971
Director
movieEssai à la mille
1970
Director
La vie
1968
Director
movie60 Cycles
1965
Director
Camera41
movieForever Québec
2008
Director of Photography
movieSummit Circle
2007
Director of Photography
movieNovena
2005
Director of Photography
movieMarriages
2001
Director of Photography
movieThe Woman Who Drinks
2001
Director of Photography
movieThe Emperor's New Clothes
1995
Additional Camera
André Mathieu, musicien
1993
Director of Photography
movieAmoureux fou
1991
Second Unit Director of Photography
L'histoire des trois
1990
Camera Operator
movie26 Times in a Row
1978
Director of Photography
movieQuébec fête juin '75
1976
Camera Operator
movieLes beaux dimanches
1974
Director of Photography
movieThe Heavenly Bodies
1973
Director of Photography
movieThe Conquest
1973
Director of Photography
movieThe Apprentice
1971
Director of Photography
movieThose Damned Savages
1971
Director of Photography
movieUne balle de gin
1971
Director of Photography
movieCanada the Land
1971
Director of Photography
Charles Gagnon
1970
Director of Photography
movieThe Ernie Game
1968
Director of Photography
A Great Big Thing
1968
Director of Photography
movieFrom Mother to Daughter
1968
Director of Photography
movieThe Invention of the Adolescent
1968
Director of Photography
movieBetween Sweet and Salt Water
1967
Director of Photography
movieThe Times That Are
1967
Director of Photography
movieLa visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec
1967
Director of Photography
The Summer We Moved to Elm Street
1967
Director of Photography
movieNotes for a Film About Donna & Gail
1966
Director of Photography
movie60 Cycles
1965
Director of Photography
movieThe Merry World of Leopold Z
1965
Director of Photography
movieNo Vacation for Idols
1965
Director of Photography
movieAntonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965
Director of Photography
movieJusqu'au cou
1964
Director of Photography
movieThe Cat in the Bag
1964
Director of Photography
movieSolange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun
1964
Director of Photography
The Big Swim
1964
Director of Photography
Such a Simple Game
1964
Director of Photography
Walls of Memory
1964
Director of Photography
movieTake It All
1963
Director of Photography
De Montréal à Manicouagan
1963
Director of Photography
The Big Swim
1963
Director of Photography
Acting8
movieFrom Office to Box-Office
2009
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Le chemin du Roy
1997
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Writing6
movieFélix
2009
Writer
movieForever Québec
2008
Writer
Le RIN
2002
Scenario Writer
movieThe Wise Guys
1972
Screenplay