Claude Jutra (March 11, 1930 - November 5, 1986) was a
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
,
film directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
and
writerScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
. The Prix Jutra are named in his honor because of his importance in Quebec cinema history.
Claude Jutra was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied to be a doctor before turning to his first love, the cinema. In 1954 he went to work at the
National Film Board of CanadaThe National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions. Its name in French is Office national...
where he trained in all facets of
filmmakingFilmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story idea or commission, through scriptwriting, shooting, editing and distribution to an audience. Typically, it involves a large number of people, and takes from a few months to several years to complete...
. In 1958 he went to
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
to work with
François TruffautFrançois Roland Truffaut was an influential filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry...
and
Jean RouchJean Rouch was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.He is considered to be one of the founders of the cinéma vérité in France, sharing the aesthetics of the direct cinema in the US pionered by Richard Leacock,D.A. Pennebaker and Albert and David Maysles...
.
With financing and production provided by the
National Film Board of CanadaThe National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions. Its name in French is Office national...
, Jutra co-wrote and directed the acclaimed 1971 film
Mon oncle AntoineMon oncle Antoine is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada French language drama film. Québécois director Claude Jutra co-wrote the screenplay with Clément Perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in Canadian film history.The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era...
.
Claude Jutra (March 11, 1930 - November 5, 1986) was a
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
,
film directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
and
writerScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
. The Prix Jutra are named in his honor because of his importance in Quebec cinema history.
Claude Jutra was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied to be a doctor before turning to his first love, the cinema. In 1954 he went to work at the
National Film Board of CanadaThe National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions. Its name in French is Office national...
where he trained in all facets of
filmmakingFilmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story idea or commission, through scriptwriting, shooting, editing and distribution to an audience. Typically, it involves a large number of people, and takes from a few months to several years to complete...
. In 1958 he went to
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
to work with
François TruffautFrançois Roland Truffaut was an influential filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry...
and
Jean RouchJean Rouch was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.He is considered to be one of the founders of the cinéma vérité in France, sharing the aesthetics of the direct cinema in the US pionered by Richard Leacock,D.A. Pennebaker and Albert and David Maysles...
.
With financing and production provided by the
National Film Board of CanadaThe National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions. Its name in French is Office national...
, Jutra co-wrote and directed the acclaimed 1971 film
Mon oncle AntoineMon oncle Antoine is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada French language drama film. Québécois director Claude Jutra co-wrote the screenplay with Clément Perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in Canadian film history.The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era...
. He also co-directed with
Norman McLarenNorman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada .-Early life:...
and starred in the
pixilationPixilation is a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion puppet...
short
A Chairy TaleA Chairy Tale is a 1957 animated short film co-directed by Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra, and starring Jutra and a most uncooperative chair....
.
In 1984, he was awarded the
Prix Albert-TessierThe Prix Albert-Tessier is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals for an outstanding career in Québec cinema. It is awarded to scriptwriting, acting, composing music, directing, producing and cinematographic techniques. It is named in honour of...
, given to individuals for an outstanding career in Québec cinema.
Jutra was diagnosed with
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in the early 1980s and died of an apparent suicide in 1986.
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Selected films
As actor:
- Bonheur d'occasion (1983)
- Till Death Do Us Part (1982) (TV)
- Riel (1979) (TV)
- Two Solitudes (1978)
- Arts Cuba (1977) (voice)
- La Fleur aux dents (1976)
- Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (1975)
- Love on the Nose (1974) (TV)
- On est loin du soleil (1971)
- Mon oncle Antoine
Mon oncle Antoine is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada French language drama film. Québécois director Claude Jutra co-wrote the screenplay with Clément Perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in Canadian film history.The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era...
(1971)
- Act of the Heart (1970)
- Préambule (1969) (voice)
- Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce (1968)
- À tout prendre (1964)
- A Chairy Tale
A Chairy Tale is a 1957 animated short film co-directed by Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra, and starring Jutra and a most uncooperative chair....
(1957)
As director:
- Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (1975)
- Kamouraska
Kamouraska is a 1973 Québécois film directed by Claude Jutra, based on the novel by Anne Hébert, who also worked as screenwriter.-Synopsis:The action is taking place in rural Québec in the mid 1800s....
(1973)
- Mon oncle Antoine
Mon oncle Antoine is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada French language drama film. Québécois director Claude Jutra co-wrote the screenplay with Clément Perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in Canadian film history.The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era...
(1971)
- Wow
Wow was a Québécois movie in 1970 directed by Claude Jutra and starring Danielle Bail. It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1969.-Sequel:...
(1969)
- À tout prendre (1963)
- A Chairy Tale (1957) (co-director)
Awards (Won)
Canadian Film Awards
- (1950) Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually except in 1974 when Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation that year....
Amateur for Movement Perpétuel
- (1958) Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually except in 1974 when Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation that year....
Arts and Experimental for A Chairy TaleA Chairy Tale is a 1957 animated short film co-directed by Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra, and starring Jutra and a most uncooperative chair....
- Shared with Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada .-Early life:...
- (1964) Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually except in 1974 when Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation that year....
Feature Film for À Tout Prendre
- Shared with Robert Hershorn
- (1971) Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually except in 1974 when Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation that year....
Direction (Feature) for Mon Oncle AntoineMon oncle Antoine is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada French language drama film. Québécois director Claude Jutra co-wrote the screenplay with Clément Perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in Canadian film history.The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era...
- (1977) Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually except in 1974 when Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation that year....
Direction (Non - Feature) for DreamspeakerDreamspeaker is a novel by Canadian authors Anne Cameron and Cam Hubert. It was first published in 1978 by Clarke, Irwin & Company.It centers on the life of an 11-year-old boy, Peter Baxter, who is committed to an institution for delinquent boys. He ran away and met a First Nations man...
Awards (Nominated)
Genie Awards
- (1986) Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. The awards were originally named the Canadian Film Awards which ran from 1949 to 1979 but in 1980 were renamed The Genie Awards...
Best Achievement in Direction for La Dame en Couleurs
- (1986) Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. The awards were originally named the Canadian Film Awards which ran from 1949 to 1979 but in 1980 were renamed The Genie Awards...
Best Screenplay for La Dame en Couleurs
Film Festival Award Nominations
Moscow International Film FestivalMoscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival...
- (1985) Golden Prize for La Dame en couleurs
- (1971) Golden Prize for Mon oncle Antoine
Mon oncle Antoine is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada French language drama film. Québécois director Claude Jutra co-wrote the screenplay with Clément Perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in Canadian film history.The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era...
Film Festival Wins
Venice Film FestivalThe Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice,...
- (1966) Plate 'Lion of San Marco' Cultural and Educational Film for Comment savoir
Film about Claude Jutra
Jutra's close friend, filmmaker
Paule BaillargeonPaule Baillargeon is a Canadian actress and film director. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, and was a nominee for Best Director for Le Sèxe des étoiles.Her other film roles have included Un 32 août sur terre, Jésus de...
, directed the feature documentary
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story in 2002.
See also
- List of Quebec film directors
- Cinema of Quebec
- Culture of Quebec
The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few centuries, resulting from the shared history of the French-speaking majority in Quebec. It is unique to the Western world; Quebec is the only region in North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in Canada where...
- Johanne Harrelle
Johanne Harrelle was a Montreal actress, model, and writer, and the first black woman to rise to prominence in Quebec and Canada's fashion world....
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