Danishka Esterhazy
Danishka Esterhazy | |
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| Born | 1969 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, director |
| Known for | Black Field, Alexis Kochan, Sara Canning |
| Website | danishkaesterhazy |
Danishka Esterhazy (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.[1][2]
Career
Esterhazy is well known for her haunting stories and female-driven films. Her debut feature, Black Field, won the Best Feature Drama award at Vancouver's Women in Film Festival and the Best Canadian Feature award at Toronto's Female Eye Film Festival.[3]
Esterhazy's films have screened in festivals and theaters and around the world including the Rome International Film Festival, the Puchon International Film Festival in South Korea, the Short Film Festival of India, La Maison Rouge in Paris and Kölner Filmhaus in Germany.[4]
Her films have been broadcast on CBC Television, Bravo and Super Channel. Danishka is also a recipient of the prestigious Kodak New Vision Award for Most Promising Female Canadian Director awarded by Women in Film and Television Toronto. She also won the UBC Creative Writing Award for Best Screenplay at the 2015 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival.[5]
Education
Esterhazy graduated from the Canadian Film Centre and the National Screen Institute.[6]
Filmography
Director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Embowered | short |
| 2003 | Endings | |
| 2004 | Threefold | short video |
| 2005 | The Snow Queen | short |
| 2006 | Protection | short |
| 2009 | The Red Hood | short |
| 2009 | Infectious | short |
| 2009 | Black Field | |
| 2010 | Suddenly Ever After | |
| 2011 | Where the Funny Comes From | TV series |
| 2011 | The Trials of Rasputin | |
| 2011 | Bullies – Not Cool! | TV series |
| 2012 | Fallen | short |
| 2013 | H and G |
Writer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Threefold | short video |
| 2005 | The Snow Queen | short |
| 2006 | Protection | short |
| 2009 | The Red Hood | short |
| 2009 | Infectious | short |
| 2009 | Black Field | |
| 2012 | Fallen | short |
| 2013 | H and G | post-production |
- Producer
- Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
- Embowered (2002)
- Fancy, Fancy Being Rich (2002)
- Threefold (2004)
- Protection (2006)
- Infectious (2009)
- Fallen (2009)
- H and G (2013)
- Editor
- Threefold (2004)
- Protection (2006)
- Young Ligaw (2011)
- Bullies – Not Cool! (2011)
- Fallen (2012)
Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Toronto Female Eye Film Festival | Best Canadian Feature for: Black Field | Won |
| 2013 | Women in Film and Television International | Most Promising Female Canadian Director | Won |
References
- ^ "INDY FILMMAKING – DIRECTING with DANISHKA ESTERHAZY". Winnipeg Film Group. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ King, Randall (28 May 2010). "Gothic girls". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Danishka Esterhazy" (in Italian). Thriller magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Manitoban Gothic". The Uniter. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "DANISHKA ESTERHAZY WINS UBC CREATIVE WRITING AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY". ReelWest. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "WAG Screening Danishka Esterhazy Films". wag.ca. Retrieved 17 April 2013.