Michel Brault
Known for camera · Born 25 June 1928 · Died 21 September 2013 · aged 85 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
83 credits
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
No Mercy
1986
Chronicle of a Summer
1961
Mon oncle Antoine
1971
Orders
1974
Threshold
1981
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
1963
Good Riddance
1980
The Devil's Toy
1966
The Snowshoers
1958
Take It All
1963
Montreal Stories
1991
A Paper Wedding
1989
Acting (9)
2011The Private Life of CinemaselfFilm
2009From Office to Box-OfficeMichel BraultFilm
2008Capturing RealitySelfFilm
2007Les p'tites vuesSelfSeries
2006Rebels with a CameraSelfFilm
2004La beauté du gesteSelfFilm
2002Claude Jutra: An Unfinished StorySelfFilm
1985Cinéma, cinémaSelfFilm
1967Québec...?Film
Art (1)
1949Perpetual MovementArt Direction, Editor, DirectorFilm
Camera (49)
2000Anne Hébert, 1916-2000Director of PhotographyFilm
1989Dead Man OutDirector of PhotographyFilm
1989Bye Bye VictorDirector of PhotographyFilm
1987The Great Land of SmallDirector of PhotographyFilm
1986No MercyDirector of PhotographyFilm
1986Half a LifetimeDirector of PhotographyFilm
1984LouisianaDirector of PhotographyFilm
1982The FortiesDirector of PhotographyFilm
1981ThresholdDirector of PhotographyFilm
1980Good RiddanceDirector of PhotographyFilm
1979A Scream from SilenceDirector of PhotographyFilm
1975La Tête de Normande St-OngeDirector of PhotographyFilm
1975Eliza's HoroscopeDirector of PhotographyFilm
1975Before the Time ComesDirector of PhotographyFilm
1973KamouraskaDirector of PhotographyFilm
1973Tickets s.v.pDirector of PhotographyFilm
1973The Lever and the RiverDirector of PhotographyFilm
1972The Time of the HuntDirector of PhotographyFilm
1971Mon oncle AntoineDirector of PhotographyFilm
1970Un pays sans bon sens!Director of PhotographyFilm
1970Between You and You AllDirector of PhotographyFilm
1970Marie-ChristineDirector of PhotographyFilm
1969The Pan-African Festival in AlgiersDirector of PhotographyFilm
1969PréambuleDirector of PhotographyFilm
1968Les enfants de NéantDirector of PhotographyFilm
1968Poussière sur la villeDirector of PhotographyFilm
1966The Devil's ToyDirector of PhotographyFilm
1965Ville-MarieDirector of PhotographyFilm
1964Jusqu'au couDirector of PhotographyFilm
1963Take It AllDirector of PhotographyFilm
1962Alone or with OthersDirector of PhotographyFilm
1962The PunishmentDirector of PhotographyFilm
1962The Joy of WinterDirector of PhotographyFilm
1962September Five at Saint-HenriDirector of PhotographyFilm
1962Captive FeastDirector of PhotographyFilm
1961Chronicle of a SummerDirector of PhotographyFilm
1961Golden GlovesDirector of PhotographyFilm
1961Strangers of the EarthDirector of PhotographyFilm
1961Festival in Puerto RicoDirector of PhotographyFilm
1960NormetalDirector of PhotographyFilm
1960Alfred DesRochers, poèteDirector of PhotographyFilm
1959Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêcheDirector of PhotographyFilm
1959Fred Barry comédienDirector of PhotographyFilm
1959Félix Leclerc, troubadourDirector of PhotographyFilm
1959Jour de juinDirector of PhotographyFilm
1958Washed HandsDirector of PhotographyFilm
1958The Days Before ChristmasDirector of PhotographyFilm
1958A Day in JuneCamera OperatorFilm
1958PoliceDirector of PhotographyFilm
Directing (22)
2007Happiness BoundDirectorFilm
1996Ozias Leduc, comme l'espace et le tempsDirectorFilm
1994Mon amie MaxDirectorFilm
1992Shabbot Shalom!DirectorFilm
1991Montreal StoriesDirector, WriterFilm
1989A Paper WeddingDirectorFilm
1976La Révolution du DansageDirectorFilm
1974OrdersDirector, Director of Photography, WriterFilm
1974Le son des français d'AmériqueDirectorFilm
1971Acadia Acadia?!?Director, Camera OperatorFilm
1969Éloge du chiacDirector, Director of Photography, EditorFilm
1968Beluga DaysDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
1967Between Sweet and Salt WaterDirector, Writer, Editor, Director of PhotographyFilm
1964GenevièveDirectorFilm
1964The End of SummerDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
1964That Tender AgeDirectorFilm
1963Of Whales, the Moon, and MenDirector, Director of Photography, WriterFilm
1963Seven SurprizesDirectorFilm
1962Visit to a Foreign CountryDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
1962Children of SilenceDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
1961WrestlingDirector, Director of Photography, EditorFilm
1958The SnowshoersDirector, Editor, Director of PhotographyFilm
Production (1)
1980The Skiff of Renald and ThomasExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (1)
1999The Long WinterWriter, DirectorFilm