Jacques Godbout
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 27, 1933, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Movies
- 30
Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ (born November 27, 1933) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (touche-à-tout), Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, after studies at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and the Université de Montréal, Godbout taught French in Ethiopia before joining the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as producer and scriptwriter in 1958.
He was active during Quebec's Quiet Revolution during which time he wrote a number of penetrating essays, the most important of which were collected in Le Réformiste (1975) and Le Murmure marchand (1984).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2011 | The Private Life of Cinema | self |
| 2009 | From Office to Box-Office | Jacques Godbout |
| 1992 | The Black Sheep | Self |
| 1985 | Cinéma, cinéma | Self |
| 1975 | The Mob | Radio Auditor (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2003 | Les héritiers du mouton noir | Director |
| 2000 | Anne Hébert, 1916-2000 | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Traitor or Patriot | Writer, Director |
| 1997 | The Fate of America | Writer, Director |
| 1994 | L'affaire Norman William | Director |
| 1992 | The Black Sheep | Director |
| 1990 | Pour l'amour du stress | Director |
| 1988 | Alias Will James | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Last Resort | Director |
| 1982 | Un monologue Nord-Sud | Director |
| 1979 | Two Episodes from the Life of Hubert Aquin | Director |
| 1979 | Feu l'objectivité | Director |
| 1978 | Derrière l'image | Director |
| 1975 | The Mob | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Les « troubbes » de Johnny | Director |
| 1972 | IXE-13 | Director, Writer |
| 1968 | Kid Sentiment | Director, Writer |
| 1967 | Vivre sa ville | Director |
| 1966 | YUL 871 | Director, Writer |
| 1964 | People Might Laugh at Us | Director |
| 1964 | Huit témoins | Director |
| 1964 | Fabienne sans son Jules | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Rose et Landry | Director |
| 1962 | Strangers for the Day | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) | Director |
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