Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist, film director, and screenwriter from Quebec. Her films are known for their "organic, participatory feel." Barbeau-Lavalette is the daughter of filmmaker Manon Barbeau and cinematographer Philippe Lavalette, and the granddaughter of artist Marcel Barbeau.

Originally prominent as a child actor, her credits included the series ''Le Club des 100 Watts'' and ''À nous deux!''. She later began making documentary films, including ''Les Petits princes des bidonvilles'' (2000), ''Buenos Aires, no llores'' (2001) and ''Si j'avais un chapeau'' (2005), before releasing her first feature film, ''The Ring'', in 2007. In 2010, she also published ''Je voudrais qu'on m'efface'' (translated as ''Neighbourhood Watch''), a novel which revolves around some of the same characters as ''The Ring''. In 2015, her second novel, ''La femme qui fuit'' (translated as ''Suzanne''), inspired by the life of her grandmother, artist Suzanne Meloche, was short-listed for the 2016 Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, in addition to winning a number of other prizes and being a best-seller.

Barbeau-Lavalette is best known to international audiences for her award-winning 2012 film ''Inch'Allah''. Provided by Wikipedia