Michel Brault


Director Of Photography

About

Birth Place
Montreal, Quebec, CA

Biography

Principle figure of Quebecois cinema who established himself as a leading cinema verite cinematographer and director in the late 1950s. Brault is noted for his acclaimed collaborations with Jean Rouch (who called him the "greatest cameraman in the world") and countryman Claude Jutra....

Biography

Principle figure of Quebecois cinema who established himself as a leading cinema verite cinematographer and director in the late 1950s. Brault is noted for his acclaimed collaborations with Jean Rouch (who called him the "greatest cameraman in the world") and countryman Claude Jutra.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Long Winter (1999)
Director
Quand je serai parti...vous vivrez encore (1999)
Director
My Friend Max (1994)
Director
Montreal Vu Par... (1991)
Director ("La Derniere Partie")
A Paper Wedding (1989)
Director
Orderers (1974)
Director
Les Ordres (1974)
Director
L' Acadie, l'Acadie (1971)
Director
The Adolescents (1967)
Director of "Geneviève"

Cast (Feature Film)

Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment (1999)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Dead Man Out (1989)
Director Of Photography
Salut Victor! (1988)
Director Of Photography
La Grenouille et la baleine (1988)
Cinematography (Florida)
Hello Actors Studio (1987)
Cinematographer
The Great Land of Small (1986)
Director Of Photography
No Mercy (1986)
Director Of Photography
Threshold (1983)
Director Of Photography
La Quarantaine (1982)
Camera
Mourir a Tue-Tete (1979)
Director Of Photography
15-Nov (1978)
Cinematographer
Jules le magnifique (1977)
Cinematographer
La Tete de Normande St.-Onge (1976)
Cinematographer
Le Temps de l'avant (1976)
Cinematographer
Les Ordres (1974)
Director Of Photography
Kamouraska (1973)
Cinematographer
Eliza's Horoscope (1972)
Cinematographer
Le Temps d'Une Chasse (1972)
Cinematographer
Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
Cinematographer
L' Acadie, l'Acadie (1971)
Cinematographer
Faut Aller Parmi le Monde pour l'Savior (1971)
Cinematographer
Eldridge Cleaver (1970)
Co-photog
Take It All (1966)
Director of Photography
Chronicle of a Summer (1965)
Director of Photography
La Punition (1962)
Cinematographer

Writer (Feature Film)

The Long Winter (1999)
Screenwriter
Quand je serai parti...vous vivrez encore (1999)
Screenwriter
Montreal Vu Par... (1991)
Screenplay ("La Derniere Partie")
Les Ordres (1974)
Screenplay

Producer (Feature Film)

Erreur sur la personne (1996)
Producer
Le Lys casse (1987)
Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

Take It All (1966)
Film Editor

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Hello Actors Studio (1987)
Other
No Mercy (1986)
Dp/Cinematographer
Mourir a Tue-Tete (1979)
Dp/Cinematographer
La Tete de Normande St.-Onge (1976)
Dp/Cinematographer

Cinematography (Special)

Half a Lifetime (1986)
Director Of Photography

Cinematography (TV Mini-Series)

Louisiana (1984)
Director Of Photography

Life Events

1950

During summer vacation worked as cameraman for National Film Board of Canada

1956

Joined National Film Board as director of photography

1956

First credit as director of photography, Claude Jutra's short "Pierrot des bois"

1963

First feature-length film as co-writer, co-director of photography and co-director (with Pierre Perrault), "Pour la suite du monde/The Moontrap"

1964

Directed "Genevieve" segment of feature, "La fleur de l'age ou les adolescentes"

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