Sylvain Brault

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Sylvain Brault (born 1958) is a Canadian cinematographer from Quebec. He is most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nods at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for My Friend Max (Mon amie Max), [1] and at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996 for Rowing Through . [2]

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He is the son of filmmaker and cinematographer Michel Brault, [3] with whom he worked on several films early in his career; the short documentary film L'Emprise won awards at the Yorkton Film Festival in 1988 for both Michel as best director and Sylvain as best cinematographer. [4] He directed and filmed music videos for Julie Masse and Joe Bocan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and married Masse in 1993; [5] Brault and Masse were divorced by 1995, [6] when Masse remarried to Corey Hart.

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References

  1. Playback Staff (November 7, 1994). "The 1994 Genie nominees". Playback .
  2. Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". The Globe and Mail , October 17, 1996.
  3. Vézina, François (September 22, 2013). "Michel Brault s'éteint à l'âge de 85 ans". The Canadian Press (in French). Montreal: Métro.
  4. Bob Cox, "Short films tie for prize at Yorkton". Ottawa Citizen , May 30, 1988.
  5. Alan Hustak, "Singer Julie Masse marries photographer". Montreal Gazette , July 17, 1993.
  6. "Julie Masse's marriage on skids". Montreal Gazette , October 11, 1994.