Marie-Hélène Cousineau | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | film director, producer |
Years active | 2000s-present |
Notable work | Before Tomorrow, Sol |
Marie-Hélène Cousineau is a Canadian film director and producer. Originally from Quebec, she moved to Igloolik, Northwest Territories (now in Nunavut) in 1991, where she became a co-founder of the filmmaking collective Arnait Video Productions.
Her most noted film, Before Tomorrow, was co-directed with Madeline Ivalu and released in 2008. Cousineau and Ivalu were shortlisted Genie Award nominees for Best Director, and alongside co-writer Susan Avingaq for Best Adapted Screenplay, at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010. Cousineau later collaborated with Ivalu on the film Uvanga, and with Avingaq on the documentary film Sol.