b. June 10, 1973, Quebec City, Quebec


An activist filmmaker with a global social consciousness, Hugo Latulippe began his career on the globe-trotting Radio-Canada competition La Course destination du monde, then criss-crossed North America making sixty short films for the TV5 programme “Bons baisers d'Amérique.”

His documentary feature debut, Bacon: The Film (2002), focused on the methods, ethics and environmental consequences of factory hog farms. Immediately upon its release, the film lit a firestorm of intense media and public debate and mobilized activist groups all over Quebec. The film was shown by universities and colleges during a screening and discussion tour that drew more than thirty thousand people in just a few months. In June 2002, the Quebec government and the hog farming industry announced public hearings on the future of giant hog farms. Latulippe also published a companion book, "Bacon: Le Livre."

In 1996, Latulippe travelled to Tibet with co-producer François Prévost to work on a segment for the Radio-Canada newsmagazine "Le Point." In an interview, they acquired a five-minute message from the Dalai Lama – who since 1950 has been exiled from his homeland – to the people still living in Tibet under Chinese occupation. Determined to do something for the people of the oppressed nation, Latulippe and Prévost – together with Tibetan exile Kalsang Dolma – risked persecution by the Chinese and journeyed throughout Tibet, showing the video message to people who were seeing an image of the Dalai Lama for the first. The result of this odyssey was the acclaimed documentary What Remains of Us (2004), which the two men co-directed and worked on for eight years.

What Remains of Us received the audience award for Most Popular Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival and a Genie nomination for Best Documentary. It was also named one of Canada's Top Ten of 2004 by an independent, national panel of filmmakers, programmers, journalists and industry professionals.