Michel Brault

Personal Info

Known For Camera

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.

Known For

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
Before the Time Comes

as Director of Photography

1975
Normande

as Director of Photography

1974
Orders

as Director of Photography

1973
The Lever and the River

as Director of Photography

1973
Tickets s.v.p

as Director of Photography

1973
Kamouraska

as Director of Photography

1972
The Time of the Hunt

as Director of Photography

1971
Acadia Acadia?!?

as Camera Operator

1971
Mon oncle Antoine

as Director of Photography

1970
Marie-Christine

as Director of Photography

1970
Un pays sans bon sens!

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

1968
Les enfants de Néant

as Director of Photography

1968
Beluga Days

as Director of Photography

1968
Poussière sur la ville

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
Take It All

as Director of Photography

1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

as Director of Photography

1962
Alone or with Others

as Director of Photography

1962
Children of Silence

as Director of Photography

1962
Visit to a Foreign Country

as Director of Photography

1962
The Punishment

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

1961
Chronicle of a Summer

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

1958
Washed Hands

as Director of Photography

1958
A Day in June

as Camera Operator

1958
The Days Before Christmas

as Director of Photography

1958
Police

as Director of Photography

1958
The Snowshoers

as Director of Photography

Director

2007
Happiness Bound

as Director

1999
The Long Winter

as Director

1994
Mon amie Max

as Director

1991
Montreal Stories

as Director

1989
A Paper Wedding

as Director

1974
Orders

as Director

1973
1971
Acadia Acadia?!?

as Director

1969
Éloge du chiac

as Director

1968
Beluga Days

as Director

1968
1964
Geneviève

as Director

1964
The End of Summer

as Director

1964
That Tender Age

as Director

1963
Seven Surprizes

as Director

1962
1961
Wrestling

as Director

1958
The Snowshoers

as Director

1949
Perpetual Movement

as Director

Writer

1999
The Long Winter

as Writer

1991
1974
Orders

as Writer

Editor

1969
Éloge du chiac

as Editor

1961
Wrestling

as Editor

1958
The Snowshoers

as Editor

1949

Crew

1962
The Joy of Winter

as Cinematography

1962
1959
Jour de juin

as Cinematography

Producer

1980
The Skiff of Renald and Thomas

as Executive Producer

Art

1949
Perpetual Movement

as Art Direction