Bernard Gosselin (October 5, 1934 – March 20, 2006) was a Canadian

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

and

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

.Jerry White.
The Cinema of Canada
'. Wallflower Press; 2006. . p. 43–. He is known for his work with the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

.Stéphane-Albert Boulais.
Le cinéma au Québec: tradition et modernité
'. Les Editions Fides; 2006. . p. 174–. He was an early adopter of the direct cinema documentary style.

Early life and education

Gosselin was born in

Drummondville Drummondville () is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste. Drummondville ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. He studied at the ''Institut des arts graphiques'' in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

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 The Golden Gloves of America is an organization that promotes annual competitions of amateur boxing in the United States, in which winners are awarded a belt and a ring, and the title of national champion. The organization currently owns 30 fr ...

'', 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. He worked as cinematographer on many films by Pierre Perrault,Caroline Zéau.
L'Office national du film et le cinéma canadien (1939-2003): éloge de la frugalité
'. Peter Lang; 2006. . p. 397–. including ''Pour la suite du monde'' and ''Un royaume vous attend''. 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)Gary Evans.
In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989
'. University of Toronto Press; 1991. . p. 332–. and ''Jean Carignan, violoneux'' (1975). 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 The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 1970s ...

in 1968 for Best Black-and-White Cinematography, for his work on Perrault's '' The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour)''.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

Stoddart Publishing Stoddart Publishing was a Canadian book publisher and distributor, owned by Jack Stoddart, which ceased operations in 2002. History In 1967, General Publishing purchased the Musson imprint, based in Canada, from British publisher Hodder & Stough ...

, 2000. . pp. 81-83. He died on March 20, 2006, in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec

Filmography

Short film *''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) *''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) *''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'') Feature film *'' 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

References

External links

*
Films by Bernard Gosselin at the NFB
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gosselin, Bernard 1934 births 2006 deaths People from Drummondville Canadian documentary film directors Canadian cinematographers Film directors from Quebec National Film Board of Canada people Best Cinematography Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners