Jean Pierre Lefebvre (born 17 August 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers. Jean Pierre Lefebvre studied literature at the University of Montréal and taught for two years at the Jesuit-run Loyola College in Montreal (now part of Concordia University). He began writing as a film critic, first for Quartier Latin, then for Séquences and Objectif. He directed his first film, a short drama, then three independent features. He joined the National Film Board of Canada and made two films, including the 1968 feature My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette), co-starring Raôul Duguay and produced by Clément Perron. Lefebvre was then asked to head the NFB's French-language fiction studio. He began its Premières Oeuvres series, designed to make low-budget shorts and features. Four features and a number of shorts were produced within a year before the initiative was terminated, and Lefebvre left to form his own production company, Cinak, with his wife and editor, Marguerite Duparc. He writes and produces all his own films. Lefebvre was one of the first Canadian filmmakers to receive international acclaim for his work; his film Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) (1967) was the first Canadian film to be invited to the Cannes Film Festival. He proved to be successful again at Cannes when he received the International Critics' Prize for Les fleurs sauvages (1982) and his film Le jour S... (1984) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section. His 1973 film The Last Betrothal (Les dernières fiançailles) won the prestigious Prix de l'Organisation catholique internationale du cinéma in 1974. Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça (1967), Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort (1977), and Aujourd'hui ou jamais (1997) make up his Abel Trilogy; three feature films starring the recurring character of Abel Gagné played by Marcel Sabourin. In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his innovative and high-quality feature films". In 1995 he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. In 2013, Lefebvre received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award. Source: Article "Jean Pierre Lefebvre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
To the Rhythm of my Heart
(Narrator)
Clouds over the City
(Jean-Paul)
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
Le manuscrit érotique
City of Dark
Réjeanne Padovani
(Jean-Pierre Caron)
Pour l'amour de Dieu
(L'évêque)
Patricia et Jean-Baptiste
At the End of Nothing at All
(Self)
Apostrophes
(Self)
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
(Director)
See You in Toronto
(Director)
See You in Toronto
(Writer)
The Last Betrothal
(Director)
The Last Betrothal
(Writer)
American Girls
(Production Design)
Preludes
(Director)
Between You and You All
(Producer)
L'amour blessé
(Director)
Wild Flowers
(Director)
Don't Let It Kill You
(Writer)
Don't Let It Kill You
(Director)
Avoir 16 ans
(Director)
Those Damned Savages
(Director)
The House of Light
(Director)
Q-Bec My Love
(Director)
My Friend Pierrette
(Director)
S As in...
(Director)
Straight to the Heart
(Director)
The Revolutionary
(Director)
L'amour blessé
(Writer)
Mon enfance à Montréal
(Producer)
Now or Never
(Director)
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
(Writer)
Straight to the Heart
(Writer)
Ultimatum
(Director)
Ultimatum
(Screenplay)
Le manuscrit érotique
(Director)
Le manuscrit érotique
(Writer)
To the Rhythm of my Heart
(Director)
Patricia et Jean-Baptiste
(Director)
My Friend Pierrette
(Writer)
Q-Bec My Love
(Writer)
Now or Never
(Editor)
Those Damned Savages
(Writer)
Now or Never
(Writer)
The Revolutionary
(Writer)
Mon oeil
(Director)
Wild Flowers
(Writer)
Pigs Are Seldom Clean
(Writer)
Pigs Are Seldom Clean
(Director)
Le gars des vues
(Director)
Patricia et Jean-Baptiste
(Writer)
Mon oeil
(Writer)
The Box of Sun
(Director)
The Box of Sun
(Writer)
The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel
(Director)
The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel
(Writer)
The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel
(Music)