Michel Brault

Personal Info

Known For

Camera

Known Credits

6

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-06-25

Deathday

2013-09-21 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Michel Brault

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.

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Capturing Reality
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Capturing Reality

Nov 1, 2008

Live Before the Letter
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Live Before the Letter

Jan 1, 2006

Québec...?
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Québec...?

Jan 1, 1967

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La beauté du geste

Feb 21, 2004

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Les p'tites vues

Apr 4, 2007

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Art

1949
Perpetual Movement as Art Direction

Camera

2000
Anne Hébert, 1916-2000 as Director of Photography
1992
Strangers of the Earth as Director of Photography
1989
Bye Bye Victor as Director of Photography
1989
Dead Man Out as Director of Photography
1987
The Great Land of Small as Director of Photography
1986
No Mercy as Director of Photography
1984
Louisiana as Director of Photography
1982
The Forties as Director of Photography
1981
Threshold as Director of Photography
1980
Good Riddance as Director of Photography
1979
A Scream from Silence as Director of Photography
1975
Normande as Director of Photography
1975
Before the Time Comes as Director of Photography
1974
Orders as Director of Photography
1973
Kamouraska as Director of Photography
1973
The Lever and the River as Director of Photography
1973
Tickets s.v.p as Director of Photography
1972
The Time of the Hunt as Director of Photography
1971
Mon oncle Antoine as Director of Photography
1971
Acadia Acadia?!? as Camera Operator
1970
Un pays sans bon sens! as Director of Photography
1970
Marie-Christine as Director of Photography
1970
Between You and You All as Director of Photography
1969
Éloge du chiac as Director of Photography
1969
Préambule as Director of Photography
1969
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers as Director of Photography
1968
Poussière sur la ville as Director of Photography
1968
Les enfants de Néant as Director of Photography
1968
Beluga Days as Director of Photography
1967
Between Sweet and Salt Water as Director of Photography
1966
The Devil's Toy as Camera Operator
1965
Ville-Marie as Director of Photography
1964
The End of Summer as Director of Photography
1963
À tout prendre as Director of Photography
1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men as Director of Photography
1962
September Five at Saint-Henri as Director of Photography
1962
Alone or with Others as Director of Photography
1962
Visit to a Foreign Country as Director of Photography
1962
The Punishment as Director of Photography
1962
Children of Silence as Director of Photography
1962
The Joy of Winter as Director of Photography
1961
Chronicle of a Summer as Director of Photography
1961
Festival in Puerto Rico as Director of Photography
1961
Golden Gloves as Director of Photography
1961
Wrestling as Director of Photography
1960
Normetal as Director of Photography
1960
Alfred DesRochers, poète as Director of Photography
1959
Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche as Director of Photography
1959
Fred Barry comédien as Director of Photography
1959
Félix Leclerc, troubadour as Director of Photography
1959
Jour de juin as Director of Photography
1958
The Days Before Christmas as Director of Photography
1958
Washed Hands as Director of Photography
1958
A Day in June as Camera Operator
1958
The Snowshoers as Director of Photography
1958
Police as Director of Photography

Directing

2007
Happiness Bound as Director
1999
The Long Winter as Director
1994
Mon amie Max as Director
1992
Shabbot Shalom! as Director
1991
Montreal Stories as Director
1989
A Paper Wedding as Director
1974
Le son des français d'Amérique as Director
1974
Orders as Director
1973
The Lever and the River as Director
1971
Acadia Acadia?!? as Director
1969
Éloge du chiac as Director
1968
Les enfants de Néant as Director
1968
Beluga Days as Director
1967
Between Sweet and Salt Water as Director
1964
Geneviève as Director
1964
That Tender Age as Director
1964
The End of Summer as Director
1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men as Director
1963
Seven Surprizes as Director
1962
Visit to a Foreign Country as Director
1962
Children of Silence as Director
1961
Wrestling as Director
1958
The Snowshoers as Director
1949
Perpetual Movement as Director

Editing

1969
Éloge du chiac as Editor
1967
Between Sweet and Salt Water as Editor
1961
Wrestling as Editor
1958
The Snowshoers as Editor
1949
Perpetual Movement as Editor

Production

1980
The Skiff of Renald and Thomas as Executive Producer

Writing

1999
The Long Winter as Writer
1991
Montreal Stories as Writer
1974
Orders as Writer
1967
Between Sweet and Salt Water as Writer
1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men as Writer
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