Pierre Ayotte was born in 1968. He majored in Communication at the Université de Montréal in 1991. That same year, this director and producer of fictional works and amateur videos received a special award for humour at the 5e Festival du Film Amateur et Semi-professionnel de Sens, in France for his work Poulette. P'tit Gros pulpeux, Variations sur le même couple and Electrik BBQ  are some of his video works created between 1993 and 1997.