Following his studies in cinema at the Université de Montréal, Stéphane Thibault directed two medium-length documentaries, Les Loups (1995) and Ne parlez jamais avec l'inconnu (1996 :  award for Best Video Documentary at the Festival Internacional de Cinema de Figueira da Foz, Portugal). In 1998, he made Le beau Jacques (Grand Prix, international competition, Festival international du documentaire de Marseille). In 2002, he directed The Righteous (Claude Jutra Award) and in 2007 Junior, a feature documentary.