Bernard Gosselin (October 5, 1934 – March 20, 2006) was a Canadian cinematographer and documentary film director.[1][2] He is known for his work with the National Film Board of Canada.[3][4] He was an early adopter of the direct cinema documentary style.[5]
Bernard Gosselin | |
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| Born | October 5, 1934 Drummondville, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 20, 2006 (aged 71) Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Cinematographer Film director Actor |
| Years active | 1960 - 1996 |
Early life and education
editGosselin was born in Drummondville, Quebec. He studied at the Institut des arts graphiques in Montreal.
Career
editGosselin worked as a printer. He joined the National Film Board's title department in 1956 to design titles and credits. The French team was in the process of expanding, and he met with many of the filmmakers and technicians working there. He then worked as an assistant cameraman, location manager and assistant editor before photographing his first film, Gilles Groulx's Golden Gloves, in 1961.
After photographing many Quebec films in the 1960s, he directed his first feature film, the children's science fiction movie The Christmas Martian (Le martien de Noël), in 1971; it was his only fiction film outside of his documentary output.[6] He worked as cinematographer on many films by Pierre Perrault,[7] including Pour la suite du monde[8] and Un royaume vous attend.[9] He developed a special interest in the Aboriginal and folk cultures of Quebec, which led to his two best-known important films as a director: César et son canot d'écorce (1971)[10] and Jean Carignan, violoneux (1975).[11] From 1977 to 1980 Gosselin in collaboration with Léo Plamondon photographed and/or directed a series of short films on traditional Quebecois craftspeople for the NFB titled La belle ouvrage.
Gosselin won a Canadian Film Award in 1968 for Best Black-and-White Cinematography, for his work on Perrault's The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour).[12] He died on March 20, 2006, in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec
Filmography
editAs director
editFeatures
edit- The Christmas Martian (Le martien de Noël) - 1971
- Jean Carignan, violoneux - 1975
- Un royaume vous attend - 1975, co-directed with Pierre Perrault
- La veillée des veillées - 1976
- L'Anticoste - 1986
- L'arche de verre - 1994
Shorts
edit- Le jeu de l'hiver (Co-Directed with Jean Dansereau, 1961)
- Les voyageurs (1964)
- Le beau plaisir (Co-Directed with Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault, 1968)
- Capture (aka The Catch, 1969)
- L'odyssée du Manhattan (1970)
- Passage au Nord-Ouest (1970)
- César et son canot d'écorce (1971)[10]
- Les raquettes des Atcikameg (1973)
- Les boeufs de labour (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1977) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Le pain d'habitant (1re partie) - Construction du four (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1977) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Le pain d'habitant (2e partie) - La caisson (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1977) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Armand Hardy, menuisier-tonnelier (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1978) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Le discours de l'armoire (1978) (La Belle Ouvrage series)[7]
- La fonderie artisanale (1978) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Léo Corriveau, maréchal-ferrant (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1978) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Les meuniers de Saint-Eustache (Co-Directed with Léo Plamondon, 1978) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Les bottes sauvages (1980) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Le canot à Renald à Thomas (1980) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Extraits de la veillée des veillées (1980) (La Belle Ouvrage series)
- Vues de l'île d'Anticosti (1987)
- Dire de compagnons (1989)
- En r'montant l'escalier (1989)
- L'aventure Biodôme (1995) (Abridged version of L'arche de verre)
References
edit- ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Bernard Gosselin". Archived from the original on 2012-05-15.
- ^ Jerry White. The Cinema of Canada. Wallflower Press; 2006. ISBN 978-1-904764-60-1. p. 43–.
- ^ Stéphane-Albert Boulais. Le cinéma au Québec: tradition et modernité. Les Editions Fides; 2006. ISBN 978-2-7621-2637-2. p. 174–.
- ^ Cinema Canada. Vol. Issues 34-47. Cinema Canada Magazine Foundation; 1977. p. 9.
- ^ "Arthur Lamothe 1928-2013 - La mémoire battante du sel de la terre". Le Devoir, Odile Tremblay 20 September 2013
- ^ "NFB Artisans - Bernard Gosselin". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
- ^ a b Caroline Zéau. L'Office national du film et le cinéma canadien (1939-2003): éloge de la frugalité. Peter Lang; 2006. ISBN 978-90-5201-338-1. p. 397–.
- ^ "Pour la suite du monde. 50 ans plus tard". Voir, Manon Dumais, 22 August 2012
- ^ "Un royaume vous attend, 40 ans plus tard : rencontre avec Hauris Lalancette". CBC Radio-Canada, 21 April 2015
- ^ a b Gary Evans. In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press; 1991. ISBN 978-0-8020-6833-0. p. 332–.
- ^ "Bernard Gosselin - The Canadian Encyclopedia".
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 81-83.