Richard Lavoie was first introduced to film through the career and knowledge of his father, Herménégilde Lavoie, a pionneer of Quebec cinema. As a teenager, he was already passionate about film techniques like the camera, the editing, and sound mixing . When he was as young as 13 year old, his father had the habit of sending him to New York City so he could work on his films. Richard directed a documentary on his father called Herménégilde, vision d’un pionnier du cinéma québécois 1908-1973 (1976).
Quais-Blues, 92 min, Documentaire, 2011
Des Madelinots, 104 min, Documentaire, 2005
Le Soleil de Nuligak, 27 min, Documentaire, 2002
Charles Daudelin, des mains et des mots, 60 min, Documentaire, 1998
Herménégilde, vision d’un pionnier du cinéma québécois, 1908-1973, 53 min, Documentaire, 1976
Noël à l’île aux grues, 26 min, Documentaire, 1964
Rencontres dans l’invisible, 19 min, Documentaire, 1958