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Michel Brault

Michel Brault

Michel Brault

1928-06-25

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Michel Brault (25 June 1928 – 21 September 2013) 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.

Best known for:

No Mercy

Chronicle of a Summer

Mon oncle Antoine

Orders

Threshold

Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

Good Riddance

The Snowshoers

The Devil's Toy

À tout prendre

Normande

A Paper Wedding

Montreal Stories

Wrestling

The End of Summer

Geneviève

Between Sweet and Salt Water

Un pays sans bon sens!

Kamouraska

Capturing Reality

The Time of the Hunt

A Scream from Silence

Dead Man Out

Mon amie Max

The Long Winter

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Filmography:

Perpetual Movement (1949)
WORK AS:
Editor, Director, Art Direction
The Snowshoers (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Police (1958)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Washed Hands (1958)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Félix Leclerc, troubadour (1959)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Fred Barry comédien (1959)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Jour de juin (1959)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
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WORK AS:
Director of Photography

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Wrestling (1961)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Golden Gloves (1961)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Festival in Puerto Rico (1961)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Punishment (1962)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Children of Silence (1962)
WORK AS:
Director, Director of Photography
September Five at Saint-Henri (1962)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Visit to a Foreign Country (1962)
WORK AS:
Director, Director of Photography
Alone or with Others (1962)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography

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The Joy of Winter (1962)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
WORK AS:
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
À tout prendre (1963)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The End of Summer (1964)
WORK AS:
Director, Director of Photography
Geneviève (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
Jusqu'au cou (1964)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
That Tender Age (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
Ville-Marie (1965)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Devil's Toy (1966)
WORK AS:
Camera Operator
Between Sweet and Salt Water (1967)
WORK AS:
Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Beluga Days (1968)
WORK AS:
Director, Director of Photography
Les enfants de Néant (1968)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography, Director
Poussière sur la ville (1968)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Éloge du chiac (1969)
WORK AS:
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Between You and You All (1970)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Un pays sans bon sens! (1970)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Mon oncle Antoine (1971)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Acadia Acadia?!? (1971)
WORK AS:
Director, Camera Operator
The Time of the Hunt (1972)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Kamouraska (1973)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Lever and the River (1973)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography, Director
Orders (1974)
WORK AS:
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Le son des français d'Amérique (1974)
WORK AS:
Director
Normande (1975)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Before the Time Comes (1975)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Eliza's Horoscope (1975)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
A Scream from Silence (1979)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Good Riddance (1980)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Threshold (1981)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Forties (1982)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Louisiana (1984)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
No Mercy (1986)
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WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Half a Lifetime (1986)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Great Land of Small (1987)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
A Paper Wedding (1989)
WORK AS:
Director
Bye Bye Victor (1989)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Dead Man Out (1989)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Montreal Stories (1991)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Strangers of the Earth (1992)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Shabbot Shalom! (1992)
WORK AS:
Director
Mon amie Max (1994)
WORK AS:
Director
The Long Winter (1999)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Anne Hébert, 1916-2000 (2000)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Happiness Bound (2007)
WORK AS:
Director