Direction: Jacques Giraldeau
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jacques Giraldeau. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Puppeteers (S)
1952 · Documentary · 6 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Plot An appreciative audience of infants and adolescents are watching puppet show, which is a jumping off point for the discussion of what it takes to put on such a show,...
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La toile blanche
1989 · Documentary · 70 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Plot Tribute to local artists and to the place they occupy in our society, 'La Toile blanche' plunges us into the heart of creation. Fifteen artists, young and old, express their...
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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 6: The City and the Future
1963 · Documentary · 29 min. · Canada
Direction Mogens Gander · Jacques Giraldeau · Robert Humble · Kirk Jones
Cast Lewis Mumford
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Les Amoureux de Montréal
1992 · Documentary · 79 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Plot This feature-length documentary presents Montreal (in Canada) in all its forms, in all its folds - Montréal bathed in all its lights, summer and winter, revisited by a filmmaker in...
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The Irises (S)
1991 · Movie · 4 min. · Canada
Direction Suzanne Gervais · Jacques Giraldeau
Plot Recreating garden's sounds and natural light, this short animation film evokes the dizzying heights to which the bidding rose when one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings was sold...
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La toile d'araignée
1979 · Documentary · 118 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Plot "La toile d'araignée" is a five-part film about the practice of visual arts in Quebec (Canada).
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Down Through the Years (S)
1964 · Documentary · 10 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Plot A quick glance at Montreal in the early 1960s.
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L'homme de papier
1988 · Movie · 56 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Cast Denis Bouchard · Michel Garneau · Pierre Hébert
Plot Born of the imagination of an artist, a character lives an adventure where the fantastic and the marvelous merge with reality. While entertaining, this fictional film reveals to the viewer...
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Opéra zéro (S)
1984 · Movie · 6 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Plot Inspired by a quote from William Shakespeare about life "told by an idiot, full of noise and fury, which means nothing", this animated short film looks at human passions and...
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The Shape of Things (S)
1965 · Documentary · 10 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 5: The City as Man's Home
1963 · Documentary · 29 min. · Canada
Direction Mogens Gander · Jacques Giraldeau · Robert Humble · Kirk Jones
Cast Lewis Mumford
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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 4: The Heart of the City
1963 · Documentary · 28 min. · Canada
Direction Ytzen Brusse · Jean-Claude Chiabaut · Léonard Forest · Mogens Gander
Cast Lewis Mumford
Plot A study of the growing sterility, dullness, and congestion that is replacing the vitality and variety that once made cities attractive.
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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 3: The City and Its Region
1963 · Documentary · 28 min. · Canada
Direction Christopher Chapman · George Fenyon · Mogens Gander · Jacques Giraldeau
Cast Lewis Mumford
Plot A look at how cities and the countryside can live in harmony.
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Le tableau noir
1989 · Documentary · 73 min. · Canada
Direction Jacques Giraldeau
Plot A fascinating sociological inquiry into the system of art, money and artists. 'Le tableau noir' reveals the complex workings of this vast machine through the personal experience and critical reflections...
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