Christian Larouche is a Canadian film and television producer from Quebec.Frédéric Bouchard, "FCIAT : Christian Larouche, très occupé par ses nouveaux projets". Lien Multimédia, October 31, 2017. He is most noted as producer of the film Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde), which was the winner of the Jutra Award for 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,Matthew Hays, "The professionally ambidextrous Christian Larouche". Playback, November 26. 2007. working his way into greater roles with the company until making his debut as a producer with The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) in 1996."Homme idéal, L’ – Film de George Mihalka". Films du Québec, January 11, 2009.
In 2000 he launched his own company, Christal Films.Etan Vlessing, "Christal in bankruptcy protection". Playback, May 16, 2008. The company made an aggressive push into film distribution in 2007;Brendan Kelly, "Christal bursts out of Quebec". Variety, May 18, 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.Marise Strauss, "Larouche launches another Christal". Playback, May 8, 2009.
In addition to his Jutra Award win for Louis Cyr, he was producer of the Best Film nominees The Collector (Le collectionneur) at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003Brendan Kelly, "‘Seraphin’ tops list at Jutra noms". Variety, January 28, 2003. and The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008, and of Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume), a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Picture at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.Barry Hertz, "2019 Canadian Screen Awards lean toward Quebec and the obscure, and thank goodness for that". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 2019.
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