Hugo Latulippe
Hugo Latulippe is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec, most noted as codirector of the 2004 film What Remains of Us and solo director of the 2012 film Alphée of the Stars .
What Remains of Us was a Genie Award nominee for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Feature Length Documentary] at the 25th Genie Awards and winner of the Jutra Award for Prix Iris for [Best Documentary Film|Best Documentary Film] at the 7th Jutra Awards, while Alphée of the Stars was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2012 and a Jutra nominee for Best Documentary at the 15th Jutra Awards.
What Remains of Us was also the winner of the Prix Luc-Perreault in 2004, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list that year.
In 2013 he was the patron and curator of the inaugural Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup.
His newest film, Upwelling , was released in 2022.
In 2023 he was named director-general of the Quebec City Film Festival.
Personal life
He was formerly married to writer and broadcaster Laure Waridel; Alphée of the Stars was about their own family sabbatical with their daughter Alphée, who suffered from developmental disabilities caused by Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome.He subsequently remarried to artist Stéphanie Robert.