After graduating from Niagara College, LaLonde moved to Toronto to begin his career as a filmmaker.

To support himself, he worked as an editor in commercials as well as such television series as Wipeout Canada, Princess, Meet The Family, You Gotta Eat Here, Tessa & Scott, and most recently Baroness Von Sketch Show.

His third feature film How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town starring Jewel Staite,[6] was financed partly through Indiegogo and was named The Crowd Life's Crowdfunding Campaign of the Year.

His fifth feature film, James vs. His Future Self, starred Jonas Chernick, Daniel Stern, Cleopatra Coleman, Tommie-Amber Pirie and Frances Conroy.

[12] It premiered at Cinefest Sudbury and was the opening night gala for the Edmonton International Film Festival, before being released theatrically in 2020.