Michel Brault

Cinematographer

Born: June 25, 1928
Died: September 21, 2013 (age 85)
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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.

Filmography (34)

The Private Life of Cinema (2011)
self
From Office to Box-Office (2009)
Michel Brault
Capturing Reality (2008)
Self
Happiness Bound (2007)
Director
Rebels with a Camera (2006)
Self
La beauté du geste
La beauté du geste (2004)
Self
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story (2002)
Self
The Long Winter (1999)
Director
Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le temps
Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le temps (1996)
Director
Mon amie Max (1994)
Director
Shabbot Shalom! (1992)
Director
Montreal Stories (1991)
Director
A Paper Wedding (1989)
Director
Cinéma, cinéma (1985)
Self
La Révolution du Dansage
La Révolution du Dansage (1976)
Director
Le son des français d'Amérique (1974)
Director
Orders (1974)
Director
The Lever and the River (1973)
Director
Acadia Acadia?!? (1971)
Director
Éloge du chiac (1969)
Director
Les enfants de Néant (1968)
Director
Beluga Days (1968)
Director
Between Sweet and Salt Water (1967)
Director
Québec...? (1967)
Geneviève (1964)
Director
That Tender Age (1964)
Director
The End of Summer (1964)
Director
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
Director
Seven Surprizes
Seven Surprizes (1963)
Director
Visit to a Foreign Country (1962)
Director