Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Jean Pierre Lefebvre born 17 August 1941 is a Canadian filmmaker He is widely admired as the godfather of independent Canadian cinema particularly among young independent filmmakers Jean Pierre Lefebvre studied literature at the University of Montréal and taught for two years at the Jesuitrun Loyola College in Montreal now part of Concordia University He began writing as a film critic first for Quartier Latin then for Séquences and Objectif He directed his first film a short drama then three independent features He joined the National Film Board of Canada and made two films including the 1968 feature My Friend Pierrette Mon amie Pierrette costarring Raôul Duguay and produced by Clément Perron Lefebvre was then asked to head the NFBs Frenchlanguage fiction studio He began its Premières Oeuvres series designed to make lowbudget shorts and features Four features and a number of shorts were produced within a year before the initiative was terminated and Lefebvre left to form his own production company Cinak with his wife and editor Marguerite Duparc He writes and produces all his own films Lefebvre was one of the first Canadian filmmakers to receive international acclaim for his work his film Dont Let It Kill You Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça 1967 was the first Canadian film to be invited to the Cannes Film Festival He proved to be successful again at Cannes when he received the International Critics Prize for Les fleurs sauvages 1982 and his film Le jour S 1984 was screened in the Un Certain Regard section His 1973 film The Last Betrothal Les dernières fiançailles won the prestigious Prix de lOrganisation catholique internationale du cinéma in 1974 Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça 1967 Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort 1977 and Aujourdhui ou jamais 1997 make up his Abel Trilogy three feature films starring the recurring character of Abel Gagné played by Marcel Sabourin In 1991 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his innovative and highquality feature films In 1995 he was awarded the Prix AlbertTessier In 2013 Lefebvre received a Governor Generals Performing Arts Award Source Article Jean Pierre Lefebvre from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30