Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, born in Murdochville in 1978, is a Quebec director and producer of animated films. She is an associate professor at Université Laval, a theorist, and an author on women's animation cinema.

Cinematographic Career

In 2004, she founded the independent production company MJSTP Films, dedicated to the creation and production of her own films. She specializes in animated documentaries. She notably uses the technique of rotoscoping and also incorporates archival footage into her creations. Two themes stand out in her cinematic work: motherhood, which she explored in Post-Partum, Passages, Femelles, and Your Mother is a Thief!; and artistic creation, with McLaren's Negatives, The Sapporo Project, Jutra, Snowflakes, Oscar, and The Lauzon Theory. As a producer, she is also credited with The Blue Marble by Co Hoedeman and The Delian Mode by Kara Blake. Her films have been showcased worldwide in competitive events, including the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival. She also served as artistic director and animator on Patricio Henríquez's feature documentary Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd.

Academic Career

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre studied in Montreal at Concordia University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in animation cinema and a master's degree in film production. She then obtained a doctorate in Art Studies and Practices from the Université du Québec à Montréal, with a doctoral concentration in feminist studies from the Institute of Feminist Research and Studies (IRéF). Her graduate studies were funded by the Vanier CGS Scholarship. Associate professor at Université Laval, her academic research focuses on research-creation using artificial intelligence tools in animation, as well as on women and animation cinema.

Filmography

Screenwriter, director and producer

Screenwriter and director

Producer

Publications

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre is also an author on women and animated cinema: she has published books and scientific articles on the subject.

Books

Scientific publications

Book Chapter

Other publications

Completed Research Projects

As part of her academic research, she led the creation of two animation series, developed in collaboration with students under her supervision. 2021: Series of twenty-two documentary animated short films produced for the web documentary Les infirmières de la folie. 2024: Series of four experimental animated short films ( Passer au travers, Espoir, Montages russes et Impuissance) produced for the project Visuallys For a Visual Language of Mental Health: Exploring the Power of the Image to Change Social Representations.

Awards

=== Lauzon's Theory (2022) === === Your Mother is a Thief! (2018) ===

Oscar (2016)

Jutra (2014)

Femelles (2012)

Best Short Documentary Film, St.Louis International Film Festival 2012 (USA) === Passages (2008) ===

McLaren's Negatives (2006)

Post-Partum (2004)