 He went on to study film at the Université du Québec à Montréal at the behest of Andre Petrowski, a member of the National Film Board of Canada.His two feature-length films, "Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)", and "Léolo", established him as one of the most important Canadian directors of his time.He was preparing his third film when he died, along with his girlfriend, Canadian actress Marie-Soleil Tougas, in a plane crash.