Gilles Gascon was a Canadian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. He was most noted for his work on Jacques Giraldeau's 1966 documentary film '' Element 3 (Élément 3)'', for which he won the

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 ...

for Best Colour Cinematography at the 19th Canadian Film Awards in 1967.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. 77-79. His other cinematography credits included the films '' In the Labyrinth'', ''

It Isn't Jacques Cartier's Fault ''It Isn't Jacques Cartier's Fault'' () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Clément Perron and Georges Dufaux and released in 1968.Yves Lever, ''Histoire générale du cinéma au Québec''. Éditions du Boréal, 1988. . p. 165. The film centr ...

(C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier)'' and ''

YUL 871 ''YUL 871'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1966.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 246. The film stars Charles Denner as an unnamed Romanian Jewish engineer who is in Mo ...

''. As a documentarian he directed the films ''Québec en silence'' (1969), ''If at First'' (1969), ''Peut-être Maurice Richard'' (1971),Martin Knelman, "Quebec's making Film Awards more national". ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...

'', October 9, 1972. ''C'est pas chinois'' (1974), ''Mercredi - Petits souliers, petit pain'' (1977) and ''Firearms and Safety'' (1979). He was the brother of actors

Jean Gascon Jean Gascon (December 21, 1920 – April 13, 1988) was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator. Career Originally bent on a career in medicine, Gascon abandoned it for the stage after considerable work with amateur groups in Mont ...

and Gabriel Gascon.

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