Michel Brault
Quebec filmmaker (1928-2013) · Canada · On the map · Directors · Died at 85
Michel Brault, OQ was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of direct cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s. Brault was a pioneer of the hand-held camera aesthetic.
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The Private Life of CinemaFilm2008
Capturing RealityFilm2007Les p'tites vuesSeries2006
Rebels with a CameraFilm2003Officer of the National Order of QuebecAward2002
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished StoryFilm1996Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le tempsFilm, Director1992
Shabbot Shalom!Film, Director1989
A Paper WeddingFilm, Director1986Prix Albert-TessierAward1980Molson PrizeAward1976La Révolution du DansageFilm, Director1975Cannes Best Director AwardAward1973
The Lever and the RiverFilm, Director1969
Éloge du chiacFilm, Director1967
Between Sweet and Salt WaterFilm, Director, Writer1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and MenFilm, Director, Writer1961
WrestlingFilm, Director1949
Perpetual MovementFilm, Director1928Born25 June 1928
The Private Life of CinemaFilm2008Capturing RealityFilm2007Les p'tites vuesSeries2006Rebels with a CameraFilm2003Officer of the National Order of QuebecAward2002Claude Jutra: An Unfinished StoryFilm1996Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le tempsFilm, Director1992Shabbot Shalom!Film, Director1989A Paper WeddingFilm, Director1986Prix Albert-TessierAward1980Molson PrizeAward1976La Révolution du DansageFilm, Director1975Cannes Best Director AwardAward1973The Lever and the RiverFilm, Director1969Éloge du chiacFilm, Director1967Between Sweet and Salt WaterFilm, Director, Writer1963Of Whales, the Moon, and MenFilm, Director, Writer1961WrestlingFilm, Director1949Perpetual MovementFilm, Director1928Born25 June 1928People around Michel
Geneviève Bujold Michel directed My Friend Max (1994)
Claude Gauthier Michel directed Les Ordres (1974)- Jacques Bobet Produced Wrestling (1961)
Claude Jutra Also in Perpetual Movement and Wrestling
Louise Marleau Michel directed The Adolescents and Geneviève
Robert Gravel Michel produced Mistaken Identity (1995)
Véronique Le Flaguais Michel directed My Friend Max (1994)
Paule Baillargeon Michel directed Montreal Stories (1991)
Denys Arcand Michel directed Montreal Stories (1991)
Robert Charlebois Michel directed Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967)
Marie Guillard Michel directed My Friend Max (1994)
Denise Bombardier Michel directed Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967)
Louise Forestier Michel directed Les Ordres (1974)
Jean-Louis Roux Michel directed My Friend Max (1994)
François Dompierre Michel directed My Friend Max (1994)
Micaela Esdra Michel directed The Adolescents (1964)
Pauline Julien Michel directed Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967)
Dorothée Berryman Michel directed The Paper Wedding (1989)
Michel Forget Michel directed Les Ordres (1974)
Pierre Perrault Also in Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
Rita Lafontaine Michel directed My Friend Max (1994)
Jean Lapointe Michel directed Les Ordres (1974)
Claude Fournier Also in Wrestling and Seven Surprizes
Fernand Dansereau Produced Visit to a Foreign Country (1962)
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Filmography 35
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Television 1
Media & music
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About this person
Country
Canada
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2013 · aged 85
