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Jean Pierre Lefebvre

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Jean Pierre Lefebvre

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Canadian filmmaker

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Works
18

Top works

  • Le Tibet sacrifié
  • Banlieue 93
  • La nuit du passeur
  • Découverte inopinée d'un vrai métier/La vieille dette
  • Paul Celan

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Film & TV

Montréal, Québec, Canada

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 Jesuit-run Loyola College in Montreal (now part of Concordia University). He began writing as a film…

Known for

  • At the End of Nothing at All — Self2024
  • Jean Pierre Lefebvre — Self2013
  • Pour l'amour de Dieu — L'évêque2011
  • The Private Life of Cinema — self2011
  • Clouds Over the City — Jean-Paul2009
  • Vital Signs — Maître Bélanger2009
  • From Office to Box-Office — Jean Pierre Lefebvre2009
  • Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails2006
  • Le manuscrit érotique2003
  • City of Dark — Henry1997

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1931-10-08
Active to
2015-10-06

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Instance of
human
Given name
Jean
Family name
Lefebvre
Gender
male
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Montreal
Languages spoken
French
Field of work
film
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date of birth
1941-08-17
writing language
French
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