Bernard Gosselin
Born(1934-10-05)October 5, 1934
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
DiedMarch 20, 2006(2006-03-20) (aged 71)
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Cinematographer
Film director
Actor
Years active1960 - 1996

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]

Early life and education

Gosselin was born in Drummondville, Quebec. He studied at the Institut des arts graphiques in Montreal.

Career

Gosselin 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

As director

Features

Shorts

References

  1. ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Bernard Gosselin". Archived from the original on 2012-05-15.
  2. ^ Jerry White. The Cinema of Canada. Wallflower Press; 2006. ISBN 978-1-904764-60-1. p. 43–.
  3. ^ Stéphane-Albert Boulais. Le cinéma au Québec: tradition et modernité. Les Editions Fides; 2006. ISBN 978-2-7621-2637-2. p. 174–.
  4. ^ Cinema Canada. Vol. Issues 34-47. Cinema Canada Magazine Foundation; 1977. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Arthur Lamothe 1928-2013 - La mémoire battante du sel de la terre". Le Devoir, Odile Tremblay 20 September 2013
  6. ^ "NFB Artisans - Bernard Gosselin". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
  7. ^ 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–.
  8. ^ "Pour la suite du monde. 50 ans plus tard". Voir, Manon Dumais, 22 August 2012
  9. ^ "Un royaume vous attend, 40 ans plus tard : rencontre avec Hauris Lalancette". CBC Radio-Canada, 21 April 2015
  10. ^ 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–.
  11. ^ "Bernard Gosselin - The Canadian Encyclopedia".
  12. ^ 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.

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