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
Art Direction
No Mercy
Director of Photography
Orders
Director
The Snowshoers
Director
Poussière sur la ville
Director of Photography
Louisiana
Director of Photography
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Director
From Office to Box-Office
Michel Brault
Strangers of the Earth
Director of Photography
The Private Life of Cinema
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 WinterWriter
- 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 WaterDirector
- 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 MovementArt Direction
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