Filmmaker: Claude Jutra

Claude Jutra (right) in 1984 (courtesy Alain Gauthier, Cinémathèque québécoise).

Claude Jutra

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

Second Annual Canadian Film Awards, 1950 - Best Amateur Film

Films:

Mouvement perpétuel (1949)

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Profession:

Filmmaker

Biographical Notes:

Quebec-born Claude Jutra went on to become an internationally recognized filmmaker and prominent Quebec cinema figure following his win as a 17-year-old amateur filmmaker at the Canadian Film Awards in 1950.

Bibliographic Resources:

Topalovich, Maria. "1950, the Second Year." A Pictorial History of the Canadian Film Awards. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1984.