Louis B. Rousseau was born in Paris in 1993. After a master's degree in epistemology, he joined La Fémis in 2019. His first documentary film (made at La Femis) Debut d'hiver received the Première Fenêtre prize at the Cinéma du Réel in 2022. The same year he directed his first fiction Drinking at a stream, (made at La Femis) selected in Torino Lovers Fiilm Festival, and queer Lisboa.