Marcel Carrière
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Marcel Carrière is a Canadian film director
and sound engineer.
in 1955 after studying electronic engineering and developed his skills as a sound engineer while working on wildlife films, the Candid Eye series and the work of the newly formed French Unit. On Les raquetteurs (1958), his love of experimenting led him to devise a way to record synchronized sound before it was technically possible for sound to be synched with the camera. This flexibility and resourcefulness lead him to doing sound engineering for the landmark documentary film Pour la suite du monde
(1963) in which the sound was a pivotal element. He went on to participate on the sound in more than one hundred productions at the NFB.
Carrière first began to dabble in directing on several shorts with other directors. His first solo effort was Villeneuve, peintre-barbier (1964) but it was the documentary short Avec tambours et trompettes (1968) that was his first great success and drew critical acclaim. In 1973 he directed his first feature film, O.K. ... Laliberté, a major work of Quebecois cinema. The film is a comical social satire about a jobless and penniless middle-aged man who has a brief romance with a young woman before being caught by his creditors. Carrière excelled at spotlighting everyday characters not often seen in films.
Carrière was nominated in 1978 as director of the NFB's Program Committee for French Productions and later as director of Technical Services, Distribution, Research and Development. No other French Canadian had before reached such a high position in the hierarchy of the NFB and he held the position until his retirement in 1994. He then had an active role in founding INIS and the Phonothèque québécoise and still offers his services as a consultant on documentary films.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and sound engineer.
Biography
Marcel Carrière joined the NFBNational Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
in 1955 after studying electronic engineering and developed his skills as a sound engineer while working on wildlife films, the Candid Eye series and the work of the newly formed French Unit. On Les raquetteurs (1958), his love of experimenting led him to devise a way to record synchronized sound before it was technically possible for sound to be synched with the camera. This flexibility and resourcefulness lead him to doing sound engineering for the landmark documentary film Pour la suite du monde
Pour la suite du monde
Pour la suite du monde is a 1963 Canadian documentary film directed by Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival....
(1963) in which the sound was a pivotal element. He went on to participate on the sound in more than one hundred productions at the NFB.
Carrière first began to dabble in directing on several shorts with other directors. His first solo effort was Villeneuve, peintre-barbier (1964) but it was the documentary short Avec tambours et trompettes (1968) that was his first great success and drew critical acclaim. In 1973 he directed his first feature film, O.K. ... Laliberté, a major work of Quebecois cinema. The film is a comical social satire about a jobless and penniless middle-aged man who has a brief romance with a young woman before being caught by his creditors. Carrière excelled at spotlighting everyday characters not often seen in films.
Carrière was nominated in 1978 as director of the NFB's Program Committee for French Productions and later as director of Technical Services, Distribution, Research and Development. No other French Canadian had before reached such a high position in the hierarchy of the NFB and he held the position until his retirement in 1994. He then had an active role in founding INIS and the Phonothèque québécoise and still offers his services as a consultant on documentary films.
Fiction
- St-Denis dans le temps... (1969)
- O.K. ... Laliberté (1973)
- Le grand voyage (Short film, 1974)
- Ti-mine, Bernie pis la gang... (1976)
- La bataille de la Châteauguay (Short film, 1978)
Documentaries
- La lutte (Short film Co-Directed with Michel BraultMichel BraultMichel Brault, OQ is a Quebec cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s...
, Claude FournierClaude FournierClaude Fournier L'Héritier was a French personality of the Revolution, nicknamed l'Americain .-Early activities:...
and Claude JutraClaude JutraClaude Jutra was a Canadian actor, film director and writer. The Prix Jutra are named in his honor because of his importance in Quebec cinema history. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec....
, 1961) - Recontres à Mitzic (Short film Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1963)
- Villeneuve, peintre-barbier (Short film, 1964)
- Bois-Francs (Short film, 1966)
- In Search of Medea: The Art of Sylvia Lefkovitz (Short film Co-Directed with Arthur Samuels, 1966)
- La Colombie-Britannique et l'habitation (Short film, 1967)
- L'Indien parle (Short film, 1967)
- Avec tambours et trompettes (Short film, 1968)
- Épisode (Short film, 1968)
- 10 milles/heure/10 Miles/Hour (Short film, 1970)
- Hôtel-Château (Short film, 1970)
- Chez nous, c'est chez nous (1972)
- Images de Chine (1974)
- Ping-pong (Short film, 1974)
- Jeux de la XXIe Olympiade (Co-Directed with Jean-Claude LabrecqueJean-Claude LabrecqueJean-Claude Labrecque, is a director and cinematographer who learned the basics of filmmaking at the Quebec Film Office and the National Film Board of Canada.-Career:...
, Jean BeaudinJean BeaudinJean Beaudin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress. The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure...
and Georges Dufaux, 1977) - De grâce et d'embarras (1979)