Danielle Lapointe is a Montréal based artist & filmmaker using comedy to contemplate challenging topics. Since graduating with honours from Concordia University's BFA Film Production program with a minor in Drawing and Painting, Danielle wrote, produced, co-directed and starred in the comedy web series "Shooting the Moon". Covered by CBC Arts and IndieWire, "Shooting the Moon" was an Official Selection at NYC WebFest, Hollywood WebFest, Toronto WebFest and RioWebFest, garnering nominations for "Best Canadian Webseries", and "Best Comedy Writing". Danielle's short fiction film "2 Days of Freedom" is presently in post-production. Danielle’s third short fiction film "8 hours til Shania" was selected by SODEC as part of the "Jeunes Créateurs" scriptwriting program in 2018, and her short sci-fi/dark-comedy script “Petra” was selected for development through SODEC’s Cours Écrire ton Court in 2021. When Danielle isn’t writing scripts, she is creating things of all kinds. Check out the Art section of this website for works for sale.
A recent photo of the filmmaker with her brother