Dianne Ouellette (she/her) is a Métis producer, writer, director, multimedia artist and curator. Her films have been screened and awarded internationally. She completed her MFA in Media Production (2020).
Dianne is a long-time member of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative. Her feature film, Rigger, a documentary about losing her brother in a rig accident, premiered in 2017. She facilitated online workshops for people of all abilities to create digital projects for Listen to Dis’ Community Arts Organization (LTD). She also collaborated with LTD during the pandemic to create Mine to Have (2021), a digital adaptation of a theatre play. Her recent film has a focus on lost culture and language, with research focused on her Métis identity. She completed aen loo pawatamihk (wolf dream) (2020) and a short digital production, lii bufloo aen loo kishkishiw (buffalo wolf memory) (2022). She is currently writing her first narrative feature film, ann louise goes to Hollywood, and is developing two documentaries Thahyu:ni: akaowa:tsi (wolf blood), and Stol(l)’en.
For the past 29 years, she has focused her lens on family, history, and identity. Sharing through film, video, photography, digital media, soundscapes, and writing, fulfills her passion for storytelling. Mentoring others to make creative content that connects and motivates people is valuable in her creative goals.
