Jacques Leduc
Biography
Jacques Leduc (born November 25, 1941) is a Canadian film director and cinematographer. Leduc began his career in 1961 working as a film critic for the magazine Objectif. The following year, at the age of 21, he was hired as a camera assistant by the NFB. Over the course of the next few years he worked under such filmmakers as Denys Arcand, Gilles Carle, and Don Owen. In 1965 he began working as both Director and Cinematographer; his first film as director was a documentary short entitled Chantal en vrac. Leduc continued his work as Director with his first feature film in 1967 entitled Nomininque, depuis qu'il existe and his first feature documentary film in 1969 entitled Cap d'espoir. The documentary film was "about the muted violence that existed [in Quebec] and the monopoly over news held by Power Corp." and became one of the most famous cases of censorship at the NFB when it was banned by NFB commissioner Hugo McPherson. Leduc continued working on critically acclaimed films throughout the 70s and 80s such as On est loin du soleil (1970), Tendresse ordinaire (1973), and Trois pommes à côté du sommeil (1988). In 1990 he left the NFB and became a freelance filmmaker.[3] In 1992 he directed the film La vie fantôme; the film was named Best Canadian Film at the Montreal World Film Festival and earned a Genie Award for Best Screenplay nomination. Since then he has primarily worked with other Directors as their cinematographer and in 2008 was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Trying to Describe Oneself
Director of Photography (Camera)
2005
Tree with Severed Branches
Cinematography (Crew)
2005
Entretien avec Anne Claire Poirier
Director of Photography (Camera)
2005
Soraida, a Woman of Palestine
Director of Photography (Camera)
2004
La beauté du geste
Director of Photography (Camera)
2004
100% Bio
Director of Photography (Camera)
2003
La main invisible
Director of Photography (Camera)
2002
Bad Girl
Director of Photography (Camera)
2001
For a Song
Director of Photography (Camera)
2001
Stardom
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2000
Emergency! A Critical Situation
Director of Photography (Camera)
1999
Forest Alert
Director of Photography (Camera)
1999
When I Will Be Gone...
Director (Directing)
1998
You Cried: Let Me Go
Director of Photography (Camera)
1997
Le temps qu'il fait
Director of Photography (Camera)
1997
Four Women of Egypt
Director of Photography (Camera)
1997
La vie fantôme
Director (Directing)
1992
Montreal Stories
Director (Directing)
1991
Au chic Resto Pop
Director of Photography (Camera)
1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Director of Photography (Camera)
1990
Lessons on Life
Director (Directing)
1989
Haïti, Nous là! Nou La!
Director of Photography (Camera)
1987
Le temps des cigales
Director (Directing)
1987
Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!
Director of Photography (Camera)
1986
Cinéma, cinéma
as Self
1985
The Last Glacier
Director (Directing)
1984
L'Émotion dissonante
Director of Photography (Camera)
1984
Our Land, Our Truth
Director of Photography (Camera)
1983
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
Director of Photography (Camera)
1982
Plenty of Nothing
Director of Photography (Camera)
1982
Albédo
Director (Directing)
1982
Lundi - Une chaumière, un coeur
Director (Directing)
1978
Friday: About Cars
Director (Directing)
1978
Le Plan Sentimental
Director (Directing)
1978
Mardi - Un jour anonyme
Director (Directing)
1978
Jeudi : « À Cheval sur l'Argent »
Director (Directing)
1977
Mercredi : « Petits souliers, petit pain »
Director (Directing)
1977
Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit
Director (Directing)
1977
Dimanche - Granit
Director (Directing)
1977
Cap d'espoir
Director (Directing)
1975
« Les Oreilles » mène l'enquête
Director of Photography (Camera)
1974
Ultimatum
Director of Photography (Camera)
1973
Ordinary Tenderness
Director (Directing)
1973
Réjeanne Padovani
as A Militant
1973
Alegria
Director (Directing)
1973
La tête au neutre
1972
Far from the Sun
Director (Directing)
1971
Je chante à cheval avec Willie Lamothe
Director (Directing)
1971
My Friend Pierrette
Director of Photography (Camera)
1969
There or Elsewhere
Director (Directing)
1969