Bernard Gosselin

{{Short description|Canadian cinematographer (1934–2006)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Bernard Gosselin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|10|05}} | birth_place = [[Drummondville]], [[Quebec]], Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|03|20|1934|10|05}} | death_place = [[Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec|Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle]], [[Quebec]], Canada | other_names = | occupation = [[Cinematographer]]<br />[[Film director]]<br />[[Actor]] | years_active = [[1960 in film|1960]] - [[1996 in film|1996]] }}

'''Bernard Gosselin''' (October 5, 1934 – March 20, 2006) was a Canadian [[cinematographer]] and [[Documentary film|documentary]] [[film director]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/bernard-gosselin |title=Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Bernard Gosselin |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515214729/http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/bernard-gosselin |archivedate=2012-05-15 }}</ref><ref name="White2006">Jerry White. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yc0bQ1-a8ZIC&pg=PA43 The Cinema of Canada]''. Wallflower Press; 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-904764-60-1}}. p. 43–.</ref> He is known for his work with the [[National Film Board of Canada]].<ref name="Boulais2006">Stéphane-Albert Boulais. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=di4WUJ25NQ4C&pg=PA174 Le cinéma au Québec: tradition et modernité]''. Les Editions Fides; 2006. {{ISBN|978-2-7621-2637-2}}. p. 174–.</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=qG4HAQAAIAAJ Cinema Canada]''. Vol. Issues 34-47. Cinema Canada Magazine Foundation; 1977. p. 9.</ref> He was an early adopter of the [[direct cinema]] documentary style.<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/387995/1928-2013 "Arthur Lamothe 1928-2013 - La mémoire battante du sel de la terre"]. ''Le Devoir'', Odile Tremblay 20 September 2013</ref>

==Early life and education== Gosselin was born in [[Drummondville]], [[Quebec]]. He studied at the ''Institut des arts graphiques'' in [[Montreal]].

==Career== Gosselin worked as a printer. He joined the National Film Board's title department in 1956 to design titles and credits. The French team was in the process of expanding, and he met with many of the filmmakers and technicians working there. He then worked as an assistant cameraman, location manager and assistant editor before photographing his first film, [[Gilles Groulx]]'s ''[[Golden Gloves (1961 film)|Golden Gloves]]'', in 1961.

After photographing many Quebec films in the 1960s, he directed his first feature film, the children's science fiction movie ''[[The Christmas Martian]] (Le martien de Noël)'', in 1971; it was his only fiction film outside of his documentary output.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/portraits/bernard_gosselin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013112106/http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/portraits/bernard_gosselin/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-13 |title=NFB Artisans - Bernard Gosselin }}</ref> He worked as cinematographer on many films by [[Pierre Perrault]],<ref name="Zéau2006">Caroline Zéau. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xy09GvHqNRgC&pg=PA397 L'Office national du film et le cinéma canadien (1939-2003): éloge de la frugalité]''. Peter Lang; 2006. {{ISBN|978-90-5201-338-1}}. p. 397–.</ref> including ''Pour la suite du monde''<ref>[https://voir.ca/chroniques/cinemaniaque/2012/08/22/pour-la-suite-du-monde-50-ans-plus-tard/ "Pour la suite du monde. 50 ans plus tard"]. ''Voir'', Manon Dumais, 22 August 2012</ref> and ''Un royaume vous attend''.<ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/716856/un-royaume-vous-attend-hauris-lalancette-40-plus-tard-rochebaucourt-abitibi "Un royaume vous attend, 40 ans plus tard : rencontre avec Hauris Lalancette"]. ''CBC Radio-Canada'', 21 April 2015</ref> He developed a special interest in the Aboriginal and folk cultures of Quebec, which led to his two best-known important films as a director: ''César et son canot d'écorce'' (1971)<ref name="Evans1991">Gary Evans. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=gM2j0CN64isC&pg=PA332 In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989]''. University of Toronto Press; 1991. {{ISBN|978-0-8020-6833-0}}. p. 332–.</ref> and ''Jean Carignan, violoneux'' (1975).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bernard-gosselin/ |title=Bernard Gosselin - The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> From 1977 to 1980 Gosselin in collaboration with Léo Plamondon photographed and/or directed a series of short films on traditional Quebecois craftspeople for the NFB titled ''La belle ouvrage''.

Gosselin won a [[Canadian Film Award]] in 1968 for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Best Black-and-White Cinematography]], for his work on Perrault's ''[[The Times That Are]] (Le Règne du jour)''.<ref name=topalovich>Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. [[Stoddart Publishing]], 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. pp. 81-83.</ref> He died on March 20, 2006, in [[Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec]]

==Filmography== '''Short film''' *''Le jeu de l'hiver'' (Co-Directed with Jean Dansereau, 1961) *''Les voyageurs'' (1964) *''Le beau plaisir'' (Co-Directed with [[Pierre Perrault]] and [[Michel Brault]], 1968) *''Capture'' (aka ''The Catch'', 1969) *''L'odyssée du Manhattan'' (1970) *''Passage au Nord-Ouest'' (1970) *''César et son canot d'écorce'' (1971)<ref name="Evans1991"/> *''Les raquettes des Atcikameg'' (1973) *''Les boeufs de labour'' (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1977) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Le pain d'habitant (1re partie) - Construction du four'' (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1977) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Le pain d'habitant (2e partie) - La caisson'' (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1977) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Armand Hardy, menuisier-tonnelier'' (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1978) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Le discours de l'armoire'' (1978) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series)<ref name="Zéau2006" /> *''La fonderie artisanale'' (1978) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Léo Corriveau, maréchal-ferrant'' (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1978) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Les meuniers de Saint-Eustache'' (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1978) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Les bottes sauvages'' (1980) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Le canot à Renald à Thomas'' (1980) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Extraits de la veillée des veillées'' (1980) (''La Belle Ouvrage'' series) *''Vues de l'île d'Anticosti'' (1987) *''Dire de compagnons'' (1989) *''En r'montant l'escalier'' (1989) *''L'aventure Biodôme'' (1995) (Abridged version of ''L'arche de verre'')

'''Feature film''' *''[[The Christmas Martian]] (Le martien de Noël)'' - 1971 *''Jean Carignan, violoneux'' - 1975 *''Un royaume vous attend'' - 1975, co-directed with [[Pierre Perrault]] *''La veillée des veillées'' - 1976 *''L'Anticoste'' - 1986 *''L'arche de verre'' - 1994

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0331618|Bernard Gosselin}} *[https://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/bernard-gosselin Films by Bernard Gosselin at the NFB] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110625075726/http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsal/gosselin_bernard.html Bernard Gosselin - Northern Stars]

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