
Jacques Leduc
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-11-25 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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.
Known For
Acting
(1985)
Cinéma, cinéma
as Self
(1973)
Réjeanne Padovani
as A Militant
(1972)
Crew
(2005)
Entretien avec Anne Claire Poirier
Director of Photography
(2005)
Trying to Describe Oneself
Director of Photography
(2005)
Tree with Severed Branches
Cinematography
(2004)
Soraida, a Woman of Palestine
Still Photographer, Director of Photography
(2004)
La beauté du geste
Director of Photography
(2003)
100% Bio
Director of Photography
(2002)
La main invisible
Director of Photography
(2001)
For a Song
Director of Photography
(2001)
Bad Girl
Director of Photography
(2000)
Stardom
Second Unit Director of Photography
(1999)
Emergency! A Critical Situation
Director of Photography
(1999)
Forest Alert
Director of Photography
(1998)
When I Will Be Gone...
Director
(1997)
Le temps qu'il fait
Director of Photography
(1997)
Four Women of Egypt
Director of Photography
(1997)
You Cried: Let Me Go
Director of Photography
(1992)
La vie fantôme
Director, Writer
(1991)
Montreal Stories
Director, Writer
(1990)
Au chic Resto Pop
Director of Photography
(1990)
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Director of Photography
(1989)
Lessons on Life
Writer, Director
(1987)
Haïti, Nous là! Nou La!
Director of Photography
(1987)
Le temps des cigales
Director
(1986)
Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!
Director of Photography
(1984)
The Last Glacier
Writer, Director
(1984)
L'Émotion dissonante
Director of Photography
(1983)
Our Land, Our Truth
Director of Photography
(1982)
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
Director of Photography
(1982)
Plenty of Nothing
Director of Photography
(1982)
Albédo
Director
(1978)
Friday: About Cars
Director
(1978)
Lundi - Une chaumière, un coeur
Director
(1978)
Le Plan Sentimental
Director
(1978)
Mardi - Un jour anonyme
Director
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit
Director
(1977)
Dimanche - Granit
Director
(1975)
Cap d'espoir
Director
(1974)
« Les Oreilles » mène l'enquête
Director of Photography
(1973)
Ordinary Tenderness
Director
(1973)
Ultimatum
Director of Photography
(1973)
Alegria
Director
(1971)
Far from the Sun
Director
(1971)
(1969)
My Friend Pierrette
Director of Photography
(1969)
There or Elsewhere
Director
(1969)
Ça marche
Director
(1967)
Don't Let It Kill You
Director of Photography
(1967)
Chantal: en vrac
Director
(1967)
Nominingue... depuis qu'il existe
Director, Writer
(1965)
Ville-Marie
Director of Photography
(1964)
Geneviève
Additional Photography