Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Biography

Jean Pierre Lefebvre (born 17 August 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers. Jean Pierre Lefebvre studied literature at the University of Montréal and taught for two years at the Jesuit-run Loyola College in Montreal (now part of Concordia University). He began writing as a film critic, first for Quartier Latin, then for Séquences and Objectif. He directed his first film, a short drama, then three independent features. He joined the National Film Board of Canada and made two films, including the 1968 feature My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette), co-starring Raôul Duguay and produced by Clément Perron. Lefebvre was then asked to head the NFB's French-language fiction studio. He began its Premières Oeuvres series, designed to make low-budget shorts and features. Four features and a number of shorts were produced within a year before the initiative was terminated, and Lefebvre left to form his own production company, Cinak, with his wife and editor, Marguerite Duparc. He writes and produces all his own films. Lefebvre was one of the first Canadian filmmakers to receiv…

Directed

1. Straight to the Heart (1969) — Director
2. The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (1977) — Director
3. Wild Flowers (1982) — Director
4. Don't Let It Kill You (1967) — Director
5. Now or Never (1998) — Director
6. The Last Betrothal (1973) — Director
7. The House of Light (1969) — Director
8. My Friend Pierrette (1969) — Director
9. Those Damned Savages (1971) — Director
10. Q-Bec My Love (1970) — Director
11. The Revolutionary (1965) — Director
12. See You in Toronto (2000) — Director
13. L'amour blessé (1975) — Director
14. Avoir 16 ans (1979) — Director
15. S As in... (1984) — Director
16. Ultimatum (1973) — Director
17. Le manuscrit érotique (2003) — Director
18. To the Rhythm of my Heart (1983) — Director
19. Patricia et Jean-Baptiste (1968) — Director
20. Mon oeil (1971) — Director
21. Pigs Are Seldom Clean (1973) — Director
22. Le gars des vues (1976) — Director
23. The Box of Sun (1988) — Director
24. The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (1991) — Director
25. Backyard Theatre (1973) — Director
26. Preludes (2000) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Réjeanne Padovani (1973) — Jean-Pierre Caron
2. Vital Signs (2009) — Maître Bélanger
3. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
4. Clouds Over the City (2009) — Jean-Paul
5. To the Rhythm of my Heart (1983) — Narrator
6. Le manuscrit érotique (2003)
7. City of Dark (1997) — Henry
8. Pour l'amour de Dieu (2011) — L'évêque
9. Patricia et Jean-Baptiste (1968)
10. L'île jaune (1975) — Le journaliste
11. Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails (2006)
12. At the End of Nothing at All (2024) — Self
13. Jean Pierre Lefebvre (2013) — Self
14. From Office to Box-Office (2009) — Jean Pierre Lefebvre
15. The Private Life of Cinema (2011) — self