B: November 27, 1933 in Montréal, Québec
Jacques Godbout is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. He earned a master of arts in 1954 from the Université de Montréal, then taught in Ethiopia for three years. He traveled to Haiti, where he met his wife, and eventually returned to Canada to join the National Film Board in 1956. After 4 decades of award-winning filmmaking and directing he left the NFB in 1996. Since 1956, Godbout has published collections of poetry, novels and essays, which have shaped the literary and political face of Québec and won numerous awards. These are his credits as a director. |
Features & TV Movies: Les Dieux (1961) Les Vrais cousins (1970) Distorsions (1981) Pour l’amour du stress (1990) Traître ou patriote (2000) |