FILM DIRECTOR

Michel Brault

1928 - 2013

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Michel Brault, OQ (25 June 1928 – 21 September 2013) was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Brault has received more than 68,700 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Brault is the 909th most popular film director, the 302nd most popular biography from Canada and the 14th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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  • 69k

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  • 49.33

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

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  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michel Brault ranks 909 out of 2,041. Before him are Yasushi Akimoto, Godfrey Reggio, Želimir Žilnik, Wolfgang Staudte, Kad Merad, and Lev Atamanov. After him are Walter Lang, Masato Harada, Steven Zaillian, Kim Jee-woon, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and Karel Kachyňa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Michel Brault ranks 359. Before him are William Trevor, Dezső Bundzsák, Miguel Poblet, Ruth Westheimer, François Remetter, and Charles David Keeling. After him are Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gudrun Pausewang, Frank Rosenblatt, Paul Dooley, Türkân Akyol, and Jürgen Moser. Among people deceased in 2013, Michel Brault ranks 283. Before him are Antonio Roma, Ramon Dekkers, Vivi Bach, Miguel Poblet, Marcia Wallace, and Kenneth Appel. After him are Paolo Soleri, Helen Thomas, Harold Agnew, John Thomas, Hennadiy Udovenko, and Moses Blah.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michel Brault ranks 302 out of 1,622. Before him are Robin Sharma (1965), Mordecai Richler (1931), Michael Ignatieff (1947), Shyla Stylez (1982), Alexander Knox (1907), and John Ireland (1914). After him are Kim Coates (1958), James LaBrie (1963), Kristin Kreuk (1982), Laurence J. Peter (1919), Duncan Regehr (1952), and Stephen McHattie (1946).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Michel Brault ranks 14. Before him are Ted Kotcheff (1931), Denys Arcand (1941), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Allan Dwan (1885), Mark Robson (1913), and Paul Haggis (1953). After him are Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Richard Williams (1933), David Furnish (1962), Shawn Levy (1968), and Sidney Olcott (1872).

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Filmography

No Mercy
Director
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.
Dec 19o 19865.8 / 10
Chronicle of a Summer
Director
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
Oct 20o 19617.2 / 10
Mon oncle Antoine
Director
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.
Nov 12o 19716.9 / 10