Sylvain Lavoie

VP of Creative, Producer, Director

Holder of a Bachelor of Fine Arts in animation from Concordia University, Sylvain Lavoie began his career in the late 1990s at Les Productions Pascal Blais (now Tonic DNA) and the National Film Board of Canada, where he mastered all stages of traditional animation. He then worked as a designer and storyboard artist on several TV series, including Kaput et Zösky (TELETOON and FR3). He made his directorial debut with the series Walter (TV5).

In 2008, he won the Alliance Média Jeunesse emerging talent award for Blaise le blasé (TELETOON and FR2), which he co-directed with Benoit Godbout. In 2009, the series earned nominations at the Annecy Animation Festival and the Shaw Rocket Prize, and won the Gémeaux Award for best animated series. In 2010, it also received the Alliance for Children and Television award.

This recognition led him to direct Vie de quartier, Radio-Canada’s first prime-time animated series, based on characters from the comedy duo Lévesque et Turcotte. Sylvain then joined Oasis Animation (now Sphère), contributing to successful series like Martha Speaks (PBS and Télé-Québec), Les Grandes Gueules s’animent, and F is for Family, created by Bill Burr and Michael Price (co-writers on The Simpsons) and streamed on Netflix. This work caught the attention of Toronto’s Portfolio (now 9 Story), which entrusted him with directing Breaking Bear, Tubi’s first original adult animation series, co-produced among others by Tom DeLonge of Blink-182. Aimed at adult audiences and featuring Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Annie Murphy, Elizabeth Hurley, and Josh Gad, the series will premiere in 2026.

To date, Sylvain Lavoie has directed over 44 hours of television animation for all audiences. Outside TV production, he has worked as a caricaturist for the Journal de Montréal and La Presse. He also wrote and illustrated the children’s book series Oeuf & Jambon and the comic books Crobot Magnon, published by Les malins.