[1] He is most noted for his series of documentary films that were indirectly inspired by, or directly about, his experiences as an adoptee.
The birth son of an Italian Canadian father and a québécois mother, he was placed for adoption in infancy.
He directed a number of short films before releasing his feature debut, The Invention of Love (L'Invention de l'amour), in 2000.
[2] He began his foray into documentary films inspired by his birth heritage in 2006 with Barbers: A Men's Story (Barbiers, Une histoire d'hommes), a film about the culture of Italian Canadian barbers in Montreal;[3] he followed up in 2009 with Ladies in Blue (Les dames en bleu), a film about women of his birth mother's generation who idolized pop chansonnier Michel Louvain.
[4] Where I'm From (D'ou je viens), released in 2014, began a series of much more personal films that more directly confronted his own experiences as an adoptee.