Person
Michel Brault
Camera · 1928–2013 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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.
Known for
Perpetual Movement
Director
Louisiana
Director of Photography
Orders
Director
A Paper Wedding
Director
Chronicle of a Summer
Director of Photography
Geneviève
Director
Children of Silence
Director
Marie-Christine
Director of Photography
No Mercy
Director of Photography
La beauté du geste
Self
Filmography
- 2011The Private Life of Cinemaself
- 2009From Office to Box-OfficeMichel Brault
- 2008Capturing RealitySelf
- 2007Happiness BoundDirector
- 2007Les p'tites vuesSelf
- 2006Rebels with a CameraSelf
- 2004La beauté du gesteSelf
- 2002Claude Jutra: An Unfinished StorySelf
- 2000Anne Hébert, 1916-2000Director of Photography
- 1999The Long WinterDirector
- 1996Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le tempsDirector
- 1994Mon amie MaxDirector
- 1992Shabbot Shalom!Director
- 1991Montreal StoriesDirector
- 1989Bye Bye VictorDirector of Photography
- 1989Dead Man OutDirector of Photography
- 1989A Paper WeddingDirector
- 1987The Great Land of SmallDirector of Photography
- 1986No MercyDirector of Photography
- 1986Half a LifetimeDirector of Photography
- 1985Cinéma, cinémaSelf
- 1984LouisianaDirector of Photography
- 1982The FortiesDirector of Photography
- 1981ThresholdDirector of Photography
- 1980Good RiddanceDirector of Photography
- 1980The Skiff of Renald and ThomasExecutive Producer
- 1979A Scream from SilenceDirector of Photography
- 1976La Révolution du DansageDirector
- 1975La Tête de Normande St-OngeDirector of Photography
- 1975Before the Time ComesDirector of Photography
- 1975Eliza's HoroscopeDirector of Photography
- 1974Le son des français d'AmériqueDirector
- 1974OrdersDirector
- 1973KamouraskaDirector of Photography
- 1973The Lever and the RiverDirector of Photography
- 1973Tickets s.v.pDirector of Photography
- 1972The Time of the HuntDirector of Photography
- 1971Mon oncle AntoineDirector of Photography
- 1971Acadia Acadia?!?Director
- 1970Un pays sans bon sens!Director of Photography
- 1970Marie-ChristineDirector of Photography
- 1970Between You and You AllDirector of Photography
- 1969Éloge du chiacDirector
- 1969PréambuleDirector of Photography
- 1969The Pan-african Festival in AlgiersDirector of Photography
- 1968Poussière sur la villeDirector of Photography
- 1968Les enfants de NéantDirector of Photography
- 1968Beluga DaysDirector
- 1967Between Sweet and Salt WaterWriter
- 1967Québec...?
- 1966The Devil's ToyDirector of Photography
- 1965Ville-MarieDirector of Photography
- 1964Jusqu'au couDirector of Photography
- 1964GenevièveDirector
- 1964That Tender AgeDirector
- 1964The End of SummerDirector
- 1963Take It AllDirector of Photography
- 1963Of Whales, the Moon, and MenDirector
- 1963Seven SurprizesDirector
- 1962September Five at Saint-HenriDirector of Photography
- 1962Alone or with OthersDirector of Photography
- 1962Visit to a Foreign CountryDirector
- 1962The PunishmentDirector of Photography
- 1962Children of SilenceDirector
- 1962The Joy of WinterDirector of Photography
- 1962Captive FeastCinematography
- 1961WrestlingDirector
- 1961Strangers of the EarthDirector of Photography
- 1961Chronicle of a SummerDirector of Photography
- 1961Festival in Puerto RicoDirector of Photography
- 1961Golden GlovesDirector of Photography
- 1960NormetalDirector of Photography
- 1960Alfred DesRochers, poèteDirector of Photography
- 1959Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêcheDirector of Photography
- 1959Fred Barry comédienDirector of Photography
- 1959Félix Leclerc, troubadourDirector of Photography
- 1959Jour de juinDirector of Photography
- 1958The Days Before ChristmasDirector of Photography
- 1958PoliceDirector of Photography
- 1958The SnowshoersDirector
- 1958Washed HandsDirector of Photography
- 1958A Day in JuneCamera Operator
- 1949Perpetual MovementDirector
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