
Tanya Lapointe
Known for
Producing
Birthplace
Canada
Biography
Tanya Lapointe is a Canadian filmmaker and former journalist, most noted for her 2020 documentary film The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier).
A long-time arts and culture journalist for Ici Radio-Canada, she began dating film director Denis Villeneuve in the mid-2010s. She took a leave of absence from the network in 2015 to work as a production assistant on Villeneuve's film Arrival, subsequently announcing her departure from journalism in 2016.
Her debut as a documentary filmmaker, 50/50, was broadcast by Radio-Canada in 2018 and examined the gender gap between men and women in society. The Paper Man premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2020, where it won the Audience Award.
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Best known work
Filmography
TBA
Nuclear War: A ScenarioProducer
TBA
Untitled James Bond FilmExecutive Producer
2026
Dune: Part ThreeProducer
2026
Closing NightExecutive Producer
2025
2024
Dune: Part TwoProducer, Second Unit Director
2021
DuneExecutive Producer
2021
The Paper ManProducer, Researcher, Writer, Director
2020
50/50: le documentaireDirector, Producer
2018
2013
2007
2007
2004









