Chloé Leriche

Chloé Leriche is a Canadian film director from Quebec.[1] Her debut feature film, Before the Streets (Avant les rues), received six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including Best Picture and a nod for Leriche as Best Director.[2]

Leriche, a largely self-taught filmmaker,[1] made a number of short films and worked as an educator with film and video training programs for homeless youth and First Nations,[3] before writing and directing Before the Streets.[4] Her most noted short film, The Schoolyard (Les Grands), was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007.[5]

Before the Streets won the Borsos Competition award for best picture, and Leriche won the award for best director, at the 2016 Whistler Film Festival.[6] At the 2016 Directors Guild of Canada awards, Leriche won the DGC Discovery Award.[7]

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