Director of the documentary Mosaïque Amériques, Alexandrine Bourdouxhe was born in Montreal on 23 April 1976. In addition to earning a degree in theatre and communication at the Lasalle Conservatory, where she founded an improv league. Alexandrine Bourdouxhe also studied history at the Université du Québec à Montréal from 1996 to 1999. As a customer service and videocassette repair employee at the video rental store Boîte Noire from 1996 to 2001, which specialises in internationally renowned films, she acquired a wealth of knowledge about film culture.