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.
The Ernie Game
(Director of Photography)
26 Times in a Row
(Director of Photography)
De Montréal à Manicouagan
(Director of Photography)
The Wise Guys
(Screenplay)
Solange dans nos campagnes
(Director of Photography)
Olympic Swimmers
(Director of Photography)
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
(Editor)
La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991
(Director)
Le frère André
(Director)
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
(Director)
The Merry World of Leopold Z
(Director of Photography)
Claude Gauvreau - Poète
(Director)
À hauteur d'homme
(Director)
À hauteur d'homme
(Writer)
Une balle de gin
(Director of Photography)
Take It All
(Director of Photography)
The Conquest
(Director of Photography)
The Heavenly Bodies
(Director of Photography)
The Apprentice
(Director of Photography)
Those Damned Savages
(Director of Photography)
Canada the Land
(Director of Photography)
From Mother to Daughter
(Director of Photography)
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
(Director of Photography)
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
(Director of Photography)
60 Cycles
(Director of Photography)
No Vacation for Idols
(Director of Photography)
The Cat in the Bag
(Director of Photography)
The Big Swim
(Director of Photography)
Les années de rêves
(Director)
Les vautours
(Director)
A Great Big Thing
(Director of Photography)
Charles Gagnon
(Director of Photography)
Between Sweet and Salt Water
(Director of Photography)
The Times That Are
(Director of Photography)
Games of the XXI Olympiad
(Director)
Canada the Land
(Director)
The Wise Guys
(Director)
Marriages
(Cinematography)
Félix
(Director)
Félix
(Writer)
Le RIN
(Director)
Le RIN
(Scenario Writer)
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
(Director)
Such a Simple Game
(Director of Photography)
The Coffin Affair
(Director)
60 Cycles
(Director)
André Mathieu, musicien
(Director)
André Mathieu, musicien
(Cinematography)
Forever Québec
(Director)
Forever Québec
(Cinematography)
Forever Québec
(Writer)
Amoureux fou
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
(Director)
Les vautours
(Editor)
La vie
(Director)
On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques
(Director)
Michèle Lalonde
(Director)
26 Times in a Row
(Director)
Marie Uguay
(Director)
Essai à la mille
(Director)
Les beaux dimanches
(Director of Photography)