Alain Desrochers

Alain Desrochers studied at St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College in the early 1980s and then at Concordia University earning himself a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the end of the decade. He began his filmmaking career with more than one-hundred music videos and television commercials, with numerous awards to honor them. After branching into fiction with several short films, Desrochers directed episodes of Tony and Ridley Scott's popular television horror anthology series, "The Hunger" before directing his first feature-length film, "La Bouteille" in 2000, which earned him a nomination for a Genie for Best Direction. Having helmed "Music Hall I" and "Music Hall II" and the first season of the hit comedy "Les Bougon: C'est Aussi ça la Vie," Desrochers emerged on the English-language market with the cult sci-fi series "Charlie Jade." Desrochers directed the action-thriller "Nitro," starring Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge and Lucie Laurier, which opened in theaters to tremendous critical and box o