Jacques Leduc

Biography

Jacques Leduc (born November 25, 1941) is a Canadian film director and cinematographer. Leduc began his career in 1961 working as a film critic for the magazine Objectif. The following year, at the age of 21, he was hired as a camera assistant by the NFB. Over the course of the next few years he worked under such filmmakers as Denys Arcand, Gilles Carle, and Don Owen. In 1965 he began working as both Director and Cinematographer; his first film as director was a documentary short entitled Chantal en vrac. Leduc continued his work as Director with his first feature film in 1967 entitled Nomininque, depuis qu'il existe and his first feature documentary film in 1969 entitled Cap d'espoir. The documentary film was "about the muted violence that existed [in Quebec] and the monopoly over news held by Power Corp." and became one of the most famous cases of censorship at the NFB when it was banned by NFB commissioner Hugo McPherson. Leduc continued working on critically acclaimed films throughout the 70s and 80s such as On est loin du soleil (1970), Tendresse ordinaire (1973), and Trois pommes à côté du sommeil (1988). In 1990 he left the NFB and became a freelance filmmaker.[3] In 1992 …

Directed

1. Montreal Stories (1991) — Director
2. Far from the Sun (1971) — Director
3. Ordinary Tenderness (1973) — Director
4. La vie fantôme (1992) — Director
5. Friday: About Cars (1978) — Director
6. The Last Glacier (1984) — Director
7. When I Will Be Gone... (1998) — Director
8. Lessons on Life (1989) — Director
9. Nominingue... depuis qu'il existe (1967) — Director
10. There or Elsewhere (1969) — Director
11. Lundi - Une chaumière, un coeur (1978) — Director
12. Mardi - Un jour anonyme (1978) — Director
13. Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit (1977) — Director
14. Dimanche - Granit (1977) — Director
15. Albédo (1982) — Director
16. Alegria (1973) — Director
17. Je chante à cheval avec Willie Lamothe (1971) — Director
18. Chantal: en vrac (1967) — Director
19. Cap d'espoir (1975) — Director
20. Jeudi : « À Cheval sur l'Argent » (1977) — Director
21. Le Plan Sentimental (1978) — Director
22. Mercredi : « Petits souliers, petit pain » (1977) — Director
23. Ça marche (1969) — Director
24. Le temps des cigales (1987) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Réjeanne Padovani (1973) — A Militant
2. Cinéma, cinéma (1985) — Self
3. La tête au neutre (1972)
4. My Eye for a Camera (2001) — Jacques Leduc
5. The Private Life of Cinema (2011) — self