Raymond St-Jean is a film director, screenwriter, and multimedia designer. After studying communication at the Université du Québec à Montréal, he began his career directing music videos and short films. Over the years, he has explored a variety of genres, directing dramas (Veins, Dusk for a Hitman, Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft), documentaries (Louise Lecavalier – In Motion, A Chair Fit For An Angel, Le Mozart Noir, Ghost Town, L’oiseau de nuit), and performing arts films (Les trous du ciel, Cabaret Neiges Noires, Peepshow). His films have been broadcast in Canada and Europe and showcased at numerous festivals.

His previous feature film, Dusk for a Hitman, premiered in Quebec on March 10, 2023, to favourable reviews and an excellent reception from audiences. The distribution rights of the film were sold in the USA, France and Spain. His next feature film, Veins, is set to hit theatres in 2026.

His feature-length documentary A Chair Fit For An Angel was screened at over ten international festivals. The film won the Best Canadian Film Award and the ICI ARTV Award for Best French Canadian Production at the 32nd International Festival of Films on Art. The film also received the Best Feature-Length Documentary Award at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival in 2014 and the Grand Prize Golden Eagle at IFFEST Document.Art 2014 in Bucharest.

Louise Lecavalier – In Motion, his most recent documentary, delves into the life and work of the acclaimed Canadian dancer and choreographer Louise Lecavalier.

For Cirque du Soleil, Raymond designed the video projections for Zaia in 2008. From 2009 to 2011, he again collaborated with Cirque du Soleil, designing and producing the multimedia content for Zarkana, which toured in New York, Madrid, Moscow, and Las Vegas. In 2012, he co-designed The World of Michel Tremblay, a multimedia installation honouring the renowned Canadian playwright. In 2013, he co-designed the multimedia content for Michael Jackson ONE at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

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