Danishka Esterhazy

Danishka Esterhazy (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.[1][2]

Danishka Esterhazy
Born1969
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationWriter, director
Known forBlack Field, Alexis Kochan, Sara Canning
Websitedanishkaesterhazy.com

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
YearTitleNotes
2002Emboweredshort
2003Endings
2004Threefoldshort video
2005The Snow Queenshort
2006Protectionshort
2009The Red Hoodshort
2009Infectiousshort
2009Black Field
2010Suddenly Ever After
2011Where the Funny Comes FromTV series
2011The Trials of Rasputin
2011Bullies – Not Cool!TV series
2012Fallenshort
2013H and G
2018Level 16
2019The Banana Splits Movie
2020Vagrant QueenTV series

Writer
YearTitleNotes
2004Threefoldshort video
2005The Snow Queenshort
2006Protectionshort
2009The Red Hoodshort
2009Infectiousshort
2009Black Field
2012Fallenshort
2013H and G
2018Level 16
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
  1. "INDY FILMMAKING – DIRECTING with DANISHKA ESTERHAZY". Winnipeg Film Group. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. King, Randall (28 May 2010). "Gothic girls". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. "Danishka Esterhazy" (in Italian). Thriller magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  4. "Manitoban Gothic". The Uniter. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. "DANISHKA ESTERHAZY WINS UBC CREATIVE WRITING AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY". ReelWest. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. "WAG Screening Danishka Esterhazy Films". wag.ca. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
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