Colette Loumède was born in Montreal in 1958 and has worked in the field of audio-visual production since 1984. Alhough she holds a law degree from the Université de Montréal, she has pursued her passion for audio-visual production since the beginning of her career. Following her time with the Coopérative Vidéoscopique de Montréal, where she produced and co-directed work such as Kid Kodak, she went to work for Synercom Téléproductions. In charge of the company's documentary department, she designed and developed a series of nineteen documentaries on Quebec culture called La Culture dans tous ces états which was broadcast on Télé-Québec and won much recognition outside of Quebec.