Director

Jean-Claude Labrecque

Directing

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Directed movies: 41Directed series: 0All crew credits: 43

TMDB ID: 1191083

IMDb ID: nm0479682

Known for: Directing

Born: June 19, 1938

Died: May 31, 2019

Age: 80

Place of birth: Québec City, Québec, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1963 - 2018

Years active: 56

Wikidata: Q3165036

Also known as

J. C. Labrecque • J.-C. Labrecque

Frequent jobs

Director of Photography (25)Director (15)Second Unit Director of Photography (1)Additional Camera (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

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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