Christian Larouche
Christian Larouche is a Canadian film and television producer from Quebec. He is most noted as producer of the film Louis Cyr , which was the winner of the Jutra Award for Prix Iris for [Best Film|Best Film] at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.
He began his career in the 1970s as a driver for Cinépix, the production firm of John Dunning and André Link, working his way into greater roles with the company until making his debut as a producer with The [Ideal Man] in 1996.
In 2000 he launched his own company, Christal Films. The company made an aggressive push into film distribution in 2007; although its distribution arm put the company into bankruptcy by 2008, the studio arm survived as a division of Entertainment One, with Larouche remaining president of the division.
In addition to his Jutra Award win for Louis Cyr, he was producer of the Best Film nominees The Collector at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003 and The 3 L'il Pigs at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008, and of Just a [Breath Away] , a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture] at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.