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Director Jean-Claude Labrecque dies at 80
The Quebecois filmmaker worked with renowned directors such as Michael Brault and Gilles Carle and earned international acclaim for his documentary short 60 Cycles.
Quebecois director and cinematographer Jean-Claude Labrecque passed away at 80 on May 31.
The prolific filmmaker got his start as a camera assistant at the National Film Board and moved on to cinematography, working under renowned Quebec directors such as Michael Brault, Gilles Carle and Claude Jutra. He turned to directing in the mid-60s with documentary shorts, including 60 Cycles, which earned him a BAFTA Film Award nomination in 1966.
Labrecque’s 1980 film A’ffaire coffin (“The Coffin Affair”) earned him a Genie nomination for achievement in directing and for the screenplay. He won Best Documentary at the Jutra Awards in 2004 for À hauteur d’homme and won the Jutra Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
He is survived by his three sons Jerome, Francis and Martin.
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