# Jacques Leduc

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Canadian film director and cinematographer

Jacques Leduc Born (1941-11-25) November 25, 1941 (age 84) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Occupations Film director Cinematographer Screenwriter Years active 1965 - Present

**Jacques Leduc** (born November 25, 1941) is a Canadian [film director](/source/Film_director) and [cinematographer](/source/Cinematographer).[1]

## Biography

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](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada). Over the course of the next few years he worked under such filmmakers as [Denys Arcand](/source/Denys_Arcand), [Gilles Carle](/source/Gilles_Carle), and [Don Owen](/source/Don_Owen_(filmmaker)). 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](/source/Hugo_McPherson).[2]

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 he directed the film *La vie fantôme*; the film was named Best Canadian Film at the Montreal World Film Festival and earned a [Genie Award for Best Screenplay](/source/Genie_Award_for_Best_Screenplay) nomination. Since then he has primarily worked with other Directors as their cinematographer and in 2008 was awarded the [Prix Albert-Tessier](/source/Prix_Albert-Tessier).

## Selected filmography

### Features

- *[We Are Far from the Sun](/source/We_Are_Far_from_the_Sun) (On est loin du soleil)* - 1971

- *[Ordinary Tenderness](/source/Ordinary_Tenderness) (Tendresse ordinaire)* - 1973

- *[The Last Glacier](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Glacier&action=edit&redlink=1) (Le dernier glacier)* - 1984, co-directed with [Roger Frappier](/source/Roger_Frappier)

- *[Lessons on Life](/source/Lessons_on_Life) (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil)* - 1989

- *[Phantom Life](/source/Phantom_Life) (La Vie fantôme)* - 1992

- *[When I Will Be Gone](/source/When_I_Will_Be_Gone) (L'Âge de braise)* - 1998

### Other work

- *Chantal en vrac* - documentary short, 1966

- *Nominingue... depuis qu'il existe* - TV movie, 1967

- *Cap d'espoir* - documentary short, 1969

- *Là ou ailleurs* - documentary short co-directed with Pierre Bernier, 1969

- *Ça marche* - documentary short co-directed with [Arnie Gelbart](/source/Arnie_Gelbart), 1969

- *Je chante à cheval avec [Willie Lamothe](/source/Willie_Lamothe)* - documentary short co-directed with Lucien Ménard, 1971

- *Alegria* - documentary short, 1973

- *[Ultimatum](/source/Ultimatum_(1973_film))* - cinematographer, 1973

- *Chronique de la vie quotidienne* - 1977–1978, an [anthology](/source/Anthology_film) series of 8 films

- *Albédo* - documentary short co-directed with René Roy, 1982

- *Les Attentes* - TV movie, 1986

- *Les Inquietudes de Diane* - TV movie, 1986

- *Notes sur l'arrière-saison* - documentary short, 1986

- *Le Temps des cigales* - documentary short, 1987

- *Charade chinoise* - documentary, 1987

- *[Montreal Stories](/source/Montreal_Stories) (Montréal vu par...)* - segment "La Toile du temps" - 1991

- *[A Child on the Lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Child_on_the_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1) (L'Enfant sur le lac)* - TV movie, 1992

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Jacques Leduc - Northern Stars"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110727105355/http://northernstars.ca/directorsal/leduc_jacques.html). Archived from [the original](http://northernstars.ca/directorsal/leduc_jacques.html) on 2011-07-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Jacques Leduc"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121007022144/http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/jacques-leduc). Archived from [the original](http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/jacques-leduc) on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-05-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Leduc, Jacques - The Canadian Encyclopedia"](http://www.encyclopediecanadienne.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004607).

## External links

- [Jacques Leduc](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496673/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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