[1] In addition to directing, he is often involved in the lighting, editing, animation, special effects and even music in his films.
[3] Boivin was also one of the group of nine writers who produced an experimental sketch comedy television series for Télé-Québec titled Phylactère Cola, which aired in 2002 and 2003.
Boivin started his creative career by drawing comic books and, in his words, “quickly discovered that it was faster to tell a story with video."
He cites Tom Waits, Roy Andersson, Federico Fellini and Paul Thomas Anderson as influences on his style.
[2][7] He created the stop motion videos for the songs "King of the Dogs" by Iggy Pop and "Playboy" by Indochine.