Danis Goulet

Danis Goulet (born 1977) is a Cree-Métis film director and screenwriter from Canada,[1] whose debut feature film Night Raiders premiered in 2021.[2]

Biography

Originally from La Ronge, Saskatchewan,[3] Goulet moved to Toronto in the early 2000s to work as a casting coordinator, but opted to return to school to study filmmaking after being asked to cast a "Pocahontas type" for an American television pilot, convincing her that indigenous people needed more creative control over their own stories.[1] She has directed a number of films, including Spin (2004),[4] Divided by Zero (2006), Wapawekka (2010),[3] Barefoot (2012),[5] Wakening (2013),[6] and Night Raiders (2021).[7]

During this time, she served for a number of years as artistic director of the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.[8] She was also a consulting producer on the 2020 television series Trickster, but resigned from the show after the emergence of allegations that series creator Michelle Latimer had misrepresented her indigenous identity.[9]

Night Raiders, directed by Goulet, was produced by New Zealand film director Taika Waititi, and premiered at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival in March 2021,[10] and was one of the first 13 films announced for the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[11] She was also announced as the 2021 recipient of TIFF's Emerging Talent Award.[12] Goulet stated that the film was inspired in large part by Indigenous resistance movements.[7]

In the same year Goulet was announced as the director of Ivy, an upcoming Netflix thriller film slated to star Brazilian actress Alice Braga.[13]

In its year-end review of Canadian film and television in 2021, the trade magazine Playback named Goulet the Director of the Year.[14]

Goulet was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, winning Best Original Screenplay.[15] The film was also a nominee for both Best Picture and the John Dunning Best First Feature Award.[16]

References
  1. Chris Knight, "Danis Goulet's film a first for New Zealand-Canada Indigenous co-operation". National Post, June 26, 2020.
  2. Barry Hertz, "Indigenous filmmaker Danis Goulet's Night Raiders pulls from Canada's past to create a terrifying future". The Globe and Mail, March 3, 2021.
  3. Cam Fuller, "'Wapawekka' in festival". Regina Leader-Post, December 18, 2010.
  4. Jim Holt, "Strong Canadian films screen at Sundance, including Seducing Doctor Lewis". Canadian Press, January 18, 2004.
  5. Cam Fuller, "Goulet takes Barefoot to Toronto fest; Director's film debuts at TIFF". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 11, 2012.
  6. Cassandra Szklarski, "Canuck filmmakers prepare to hustle at Sundance and Slamdance film fests"]. Canadian Press, January 14, 2014.
  7. Crisolago, Mike (September 17, 2021). "Danis Goulet Talks Indigenous Sci-Fi and How Resistance Movements Inspired Her First Feature Film, Night Raiders". Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  8. Cassandra Szklarski, "Aboriginal women take centre stage at indigenous film festival". The Daily Gleaner, October 18, 2008.
  9. Barry Hertz, "Latimer resigns from CBC's Trickster after questions about Indigenous ancestry". The Globe and Mail, December 22, 2020.
  10. Wiseman, Andreas (February 11, 2021). "XYZ Boards World Sales On Sci-Fi 'Night Raiders', Berlin Fest Entry Exec-Produced By Taika Waititi — EFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  11. Eric Kohn and Kate Erbland, "TIFF 2021: ‘Dune’ and ‘Last Night in Soho’ Among First 12 Films Confirmed for Fall Festival". IndieWire, June 23, 2021.
  12. Selome Hailu, "Dionne Warwick and Danis Goulet to Receive TIFF Tribute Awards". Variety, August 26, 2021.
  13. Rebecca Rubin, "‘Queen of the South’ Actor Alice Braga to Star in Netflix Thriller ‘Ivy’". Variety, June 17, 2021.
  14. "Director of the Year: Danis Goulet". Playback, December 14, 2021.
  15. "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.
  16. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
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