Jean-Claude Labrecque

Jean-Claude Labrecque (born 1938) is a director and cinematographer who learned the basics of filmmaking at the Quebec Film Office and the National Film Board of Canada.

Career

His 1965 documentary short "60 Cycles" won 22 major international awards and earned an BAFTA Award nomination. [http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=10820] He has lectured on filmmaking at Université du Québec à Montréal, and his credits in both the feature and documentary forms include "À tout prendre, La nuit de la poésie, La vie heureuse de Léopold Z., Le chat dans le sac, Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail, The Ernie Game, De mère en fille, Le temps et le lieu, La femme qui boit, La neuvaine, Mariages" and "Contre toute espérance."

Quote

"My love for the camera began at a young age. The National Film Board was my university. Once you’ve mastered technique, you’re home free. You can gamble a bit and experiment. At the NFB and around the world, we pushed our cameras and film stock to the limit. When we made 60 cycles, we used a 1000 mm lens from NASA that was more than 1 metre wide. The images were extremely compressed, and that became the first shot of the movie. That film really rocked the boat. It was essential viewing." [http://wwwcaen.kodak.com/CA/en/motion/publication/onFilm/jcLabrecqueQA.jhtml Interviewed on Kodak Canada Web site]

Awards

Winner of the Prix Albert-Tessier for an outstanding career in Québec cinema.Winner of the Prix Hommage at the 2008 edition of the Jutras

External links

*imdb name|id=0479682|name=Jean-Claude Labrecque
* [http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=1984&navid=46 Film Reference Library biography]
* [http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=34 Prix du Quebec biography {in French)]