Leduc began his career in 1961 working as a film critic for the magazine
Objectif. The following year, at the age of 21, he was hired as a camera assistant by the
NFB. Over the course of the next few years he worked under such filmmakers as
Denys Arcand,
Gilles Carle, and
Don Owen. In 1965 he began working as both Director and Cinematographer; his first film as director was a documentary short entitled
Chantal en vrac. Leduc continued his work as Director with his first feature film in 1967 entitled ''Nomininque, depuis qu'il existe
and his first feature documentary film in 1969 entitled Cap d'espoir''. The documentary film was "about the muted violence that existed [in Quebec] and the monopoly over news held by Power Corp." and became one of the most famous cases of censorship at the NFB when it was banned by NFB commissioner
Hugo McPherson. Leduc continued working on critically acclaimed films throughout the 70s and 80s such as
On est loin du soleil (1970),
Tendresse ordinaire (1973), and
Trois pommes à côté du sommeil (1988). In 1990 he left the NFB and became a freelance filmmaker. In 1992 he directed the film
La vie fantôme; the film was named Best Canadian Film at the Montreal World Film Festival and earned a
Genie Award for Best Screenplay nomination. Since then he has primarily worked with other Directors as their cinematographer and in 2008 was awarded the
Prix Albert-Tessier. ==Selected filmography==