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Michel Brault

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Born: 1928-06-25
Died: 2013-09-21
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

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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Awards & Nominations8 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Officer of the National Order of Quebec

2003
🏆 Won

Prix Albert-Tessier

1986
🏆 Won

Molson Prize

1980
🏆 Won

Cannes Best Director Award

Les Ordres

1975
🏆 Won

Governor General's Awards

🏆 Won

Prix Iris

🏆 Won

Governor General's Performing Arts Award

🏆 Won

Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography

Acting7 titles

Cinéma, cinéma
7.0
Movie

Cinéma, cinéma

1985Documentary
Capturing Reality
6.1
Movie

Capturing Reality

2008Documentary
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
6.0
Movie

Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story

2002Documentary
Rebels with a Camera
0
Movie

Rebels with a Camera

2006Documentary
Québec...?
0
Movie

Québec...?

1967Documentary
From Office to Box-Office
0
Movie

From Office to Box-Office

2009Documentary
The Private Life of Cinema
0
Movie

The Private Life of Cinema

2011Documentary

Directing23 titles

Shabbot Shalom!
10.0
Movie

Shabbot Shalom!

1992Comedy
Beluga Days
8.0
Movie

Beluga Days

1968Documentary
Perpetual Movement
8.0
Movie

Perpetual Movement

1949Drama
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
7.5
Movie

Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

1963Documentary
Orders
7.4
Movie

Orders

1974Drama
The Long Winter
7.4
Movie

The Long Winter

1999Drama
Acadia Acadia?!?
7.3
Movie

Acadia Acadia?!?

1971Documentary
Visit to a Foreign Country
7.3
Movie

Visit to a Foreign Country

1962Documentary
Children of Silence
7.0
Movie

Children of Silence

1962Documentary
That Tender Age
7.0
Movie

That Tender Age

1964Drama
Wrestling
6.8
Movie

Wrestling

1961Documentary
Geneviève
6.7
Movie

Geneviève

1964Drama
The End of Summer
6.4
Movie

The End of Summer

1964Documentary
Les enfants de Néant
6.3
Movie

Les enfants de Néant

1968Documentary
Éloge du chiac
6.2
Movie

Éloge du chiac

1969Documentary
Between Sweet and Salt Water
5.9
Movie

Between Sweet and Salt Water

1967Drama
The Snowshoers
5.8
Movie

The Snowshoers

1958Documentary
Mon amie Max
5.7
Movie

Mon amie Max

1994Drama
Montreal Stories
5.0
Movie

Montreal Stories

1991Comedy
A Paper Wedding
4.5
Movie

A Paper Wedding

1989Drama
Le son des français d'Amérique
0
Movie

Le son des français d'Amérique

1974Documentary
The Lever and the River
0
Movie

The Lever and the River

1973Documentary
Happiness Bound
0
Movie

Happiness Bound

2007Documentary

Writing5 titles

Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
7.5
Movie

Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

1963Documentary
The Long Winter
7.4
Movie

The Long Winter

1999Drama
Orders
7.4
Movie

Orders

1974Drama
Between Sweet and Salt Water
5.9
Movie

Between Sweet and Salt Water

1967Drama
Montreal Stories
5.0
Movie

Montreal Stories

1991Comedy

Camera52 titles

Festival in Puerto Rico
10.0
Movie

Festival in Puerto Rico

1961Documentary
September Five at Saint-Henri
10.0
Movie

September Five at Saint-Henri

1962Documentary
Before the Time Comes
9.0
Movie

Before the Time Comes

1975Drama
Anne Hébert, 1916-2000
9.0
Movie

Anne Hébert, 1916-2000

2000Documentary
Half a Lifetime
9.0
Movie

Half a Lifetime

1986Drama
Beluga Days
8.0
Movie

Beluga Days

1968Documentary
Poussière sur la ville
8.0
Movie

Poussière sur la ville

1968Drama
Ville-Marie
8.0
Movie

Ville-Marie

1965Documentary
The Punishment
8.0
Movie

The Punishment

1962Drama
The Joy of Winter
8.0
Movie

The Joy of Winter

1962Documentary
Un pays sans bon sens!
7.6
Movie

Un pays sans bon sens!

1970Documentary
The Forties
7.5
Movie

The Forties

1982Comedy
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
7.5
Movie

Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

1963Documentary
Good Riddance
7.5
Movie

Good Riddance

1980Drama
Jusqu'au cou
7.5
Movie

Jusqu'au cou

1964Drama
Orders
7.4
Movie

Orders

1974Drama
Acadia Acadia?!?
7.3
Movie

Acadia Acadia?!?

1971Documentary
Strangers of the Earth
7.3
Movie

Strangers of the Earth

1961Documentary
Visit to a Foreign Country
7.3
Movie

Visit to a Foreign Country

1962Documentary
Chronicle of a Summer
7.2
Movie

Chronicle of a Summer

1961Documentary
Fred Barry comédien
7.0
Movie

Fred Barry comédien

1959Documentary
Children of Silence
7.0
Movie

Children of Silence

1962Documentary
Golden Gloves
7.0
Movie

Golden Gloves

1961Documentary
Félix Leclerc, troubadour
7.0
Movie

Félix Leclerc, troubadour

1959Documentary
The Days Before Christmas
7.0
Movie

The Days Before Christmas

1958Documentary
Mon oncle Antoine
6.9
Movie

Mon oncle Antoine

1971Drama
The Great Land of Small
6.8
Movie

The Great Land of Small

1987Drama
Wrestling
6.8
Movie

Wrestling

1961Documentary
Alone or with Others
6.6
Movie

Alone or with Others

1962Documentary
Dead Man Out
6.6
Movie

Dead Man Out

1989Thriller
Washed Hands
6.4
Movie

Washed Hands

1958Drama
The End of Summer
6.4
Movie

The End of Summer

1964Documentary
Les enfants de Néant
6.3
Movie

Les enfants de Néant

1968Documentary
The Devil's Toy
6.3
Movie

The Devil's Toy

1966Documentary
Éloge du chiac
6.2
Movie

Éloge du chiac

1969Documentary
Between You and You All
6.2
Movie

Between You and You All

1970Drama
The Time of the Hunt
6.2
Movie

The Time of the Hunt

1972Drama
La Tête de Normande St-Onge
6.0
Movie

La Tête de Normande St-Onge

1975Drama
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
6.0
Movie

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

1969Documentary
Between Sweet and Salt Water
5.9
Movie

Between Sweet and Salt Water

1967Drama
Kamouraska
5.9
Movie

Kamouraska

1973Drama
No Mercy
5.8
Movie

No Mercy

1986Action
The Snowshoers
5.8
Movie

The Snowshoers

1958Documentary
Take It All
5.6
Movie

Take It All

1963Drama
A Scream from Silence
5.6
Movie

A Scream from Silence

1979Drama
Threshold
5.3
Movie

Threshold

1981Drama
Louisiana
4.7
Movie

Louisiana

1984Drama
Eliza's Horoscope
4.4
Movie

Eliza's Horoscope

1975Drama
Bye Bye Victor
3.3
Movie

Bye Bye Victor

1989Drama
The Lever and the River
0
Movie

The Lever and the River

1973Documentary
Police
0
Movie

Police

1958Documentary
Jour de juin
0
Movie

Jour de juin

1959Documentary

Art1 title

Perpetual Movement
8.0
Movie

Perpetual Movement

1949Drama

Editing5 titles

Perpetual Movement
8.0
Movie

Perpetual Movement

1949Drama
Wrestling
6.8
Movie

Wrestling

1961Documentary
Éloge du chiac
6.2
Movie

Éloge du chiac

1969Documentary
Between Sweet and Salt Water
5.9
Movie

Between Sweet and Salt Water

1967Drama
The Snowshoers
5.8
Movie

The Snowshoers

1958Documentary

Crew1 title

Captive Feast
0
Movie

Captive Feast

1962Documentary