Danis Goulet

Danis Goulet is an award-winning writer and director. Her films have screened at festivals around the world including Sundance, the Berlin International Film Festival, MoMA and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). She is a former programmer for TIFF and a former director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. In 2018, she joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2021, she joined the TIFF Board.

Her debut feature NIGHT RAIDERS was selected for the Panorama section of the Berlinale and as a Gala Presentation at TIFF, where Danis received a TIFF Tribute Award. The film was also nominated for eleven Canadian Screen Awards, winning five including best original screenplay. For television, Danis has directed for the ABC show ALASKA DAILY starring Hilary Swank and has also directed three episodes of the acclaimed FX series RESERVATION DOGS. She is Cree/Metis, originally from La Ronge, Saskatchewan.