Michel Brault
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- 25 June 1928 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- 21 September 2013
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
Acting 8
- 2011The Private Life of Cinema as self
- 2009From Office to Box-Office as Michel Brault
- 2008Capturing Reality as Self
- 2006Rebels with a Camera as Self
- 2004La beauté du geste as Self
- 2002Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story as Self
- 1985Cinéma, cinéma as Self
- 1967Québec...?
Directing 26
- 2007Happiness Bound · director
- 1999The Long Winter · director
- 1996Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le temps · director
- 1994Mon amie Max · director
- 1992Shabbot Shalom! · director
- 1991Montreal Stories · director
- 1989A Paper Wedding · director
- 1976La Révolution du Dansage · director
- 1974Le son des français d'Amérique · director
- 1974Orders · director
- 1973The Lever and the River · director
- 1971Acadia Acadia?!? · director
- 1969Éloge du chiac · director
- 1968Les enfants de Néant · director
- 1968Beluga Days · director
- 1967Between Sweet and Salt Water · director
- 1964Geneviève · director
- 1964That Tender Age · director
- 1964The End of Summer · director
- 1963Of Whales, the Moon, and Men · director
- 1963Seven Surprizes · director
- 1962Visit to a Foreign Country · director
- 1962Children of Silence · director
- 1961Wrestling · director
- 1958The Snowshoers · director
- 1949Perpetual Movement · director
Camera 60
- 2000Anne Hébert, 1916-2000 · director of photography
- 1989Bye Bye Victor · director of photography
- 1989Dead Man Out · director of photography
- 1987The Great Land of Small · director of photography
- 1986No Mercy · director of photography
- 1986Half a Lifetime · director of photography
- 1984Louisiana · director of photography
- 1982The Forties · director of photography
- 1981Threshold · director of photography
- 1980Good Riddance · director of photography
- 1979A Scream from Silence · director of photography
- 1975La Tête de Normande St-Onge · director of photography
- 1975Before the Time Comes · director of photography
- 1975Eliza's Horoscope · director of photography
- 1974Orders · director of photography
- 1973Kamouraska · director of photography
- 1973Tickets s.v.p · director of photography
- 1973The Lever and the River · director of photography
- 1972The Time of the Hunt · director of photography
- 1971Mon oncle Antoine · director of photography
- 1971Acadia Acadia?!? · camera operator
- 1970Un pays sans bon sens! · director of photography
- 1970Marie-Christine · director of photography
- 1970Between You and You All · director of photography
- 1969The Pan-African Festival in Algiers · director of photography
- 1969Éloge du chiac · director of photography
- 1969Préambule · director of photography
- 1968Poussière sur la ville · director of photography
- 1968Les enfants de Néant · director of photography
- 1968Beluga Days · director of photography
- 1967Between Sweet and Salt Water · director of photography
- 1966The Devil's Toy · director of photography
- 1965Ville-Marie · director of photography
- 1964Jusqu'au cou · director of photography
- 1964The End of Summer · director of photography
- 1963Take It All · director of photography
- 1963Of Whales, the Moon, and Men · director of photography
- 1962September Five at Saint-Henri · director of photography
- 1962Alone or with Others · director of photography
- 1962Visit to a Foreign Country · director of photography
- 1962The Punishment · director of photography
- 1962Children of Silence · director of photography
- 1962The Joy of Winter · director of photography
- 1962Captive Feast · director of photography
- 1961Strangers of the Earth · director of photography
- 1961Wrestling · director of photography
- 1961Chronicle of a Summer · director of photography
- 1961Festival in Puerto Rico · director of photography
- 1961Golden Gloves · director of photography
- 1960Alfred DesRochers, poète · director of photography
- 1960Normetal · director of photography
- 1959Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche · director of photography
- 1959Fred Barry comédien · director of photography
- 1959Félix Leclerc, troubadour · director of photography
- 1959Jour de juin · director of photography
- 1958The Days Before Christmas · director of photography
- 1958Police · director of photography
- 1958The Snowshoers · director of photography
- 1958A Day in June · camera operator
- 1958Washed Hands · director of photography
Writing 5
- 1999The Long Winter · writer
- 1991Montreal Stories · writer
- 1974Orders · writer
- 1967Between Sweet and Salt Water · writer
- 1963Of Whales, the Moon, and Men · writer
Production 1
- 1980The Skiff of Renald and Thomas · executive producer
Editing 5
- 1969Éloge du chiac · editor
- 1967Between Sweet and Salt Water · editor
- 1961Wrestling · editor
- 1958The Snowshoers · editor
- 1949Perpetual Movement · editor
crew 1
- 1962Captive Feast · cinematography
art 1
- 1949Perpetual Movement · art direction