Danishka Esterhazy

Danishka Esterhazy
Born1969
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation(s)Writer, director
Known forBlack Field
Websitedanishkaesterhazy.com

Danishka Esterhazy (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.[1][2] She is best known for her thriller and horror movies, such as Black Field (2009), Level 16 (2018), The Banana Splits Movie (2019), and the Slumber Party Massacre (2021) remake.

Career

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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 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]

She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a TV Movie at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for I Was Lorena Bobbitt.[6]

Education

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Esterhazy graduated from the Canadian Film Centre and the National Screen Institute.[7]

Filmography

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Short film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor DoP
2002 Embowered Yes No Yes No Yes
2004 Threefold Yes Yes Yes Yes No
2005 The Snow Queen Yes Yes No No No
2006 Protection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2009 The Red Hood Yes Yes No No No
Infectious Yes Yes Yes No No
2012 Fallen Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Feature film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2003 Endings Yes No No
2009 Black Field Yes Yes No
2010 Suddenly Ever After Yes No No
2011 The Trials of Rasputin Yes No No
2013 H and G Yes Yes Yes
2018 Level 16 Yes Yes No
2019 The Banana Splits Movie Yes No No
2021 Slumber Party Massacre Yes No Executive

Television

Year Title Director Executive
Producer 		Notes
2001 Bullies – Not Cool! Yes No Also editor
2011 Where the Funny Comes From Yes No
2020 Vagrant Queen Yes No Episodes "Nobody's Queen" and "In a Sticky Spot"
I Was Lorena Bobbitt Yes No TV movie
2021–present SurrealEstate Yes Yes Directed 5 episodes
2022 Astrid & Lilly Save the World No Yes
2023 Ginny & Georgia Yes No 2 episodes

Awards

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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

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  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". thrillermagazine.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 April 2013.[dead link]
  4. ^ Hagenlocher, Sam (28 May 2010). "Manitoban Gothic". The Uniter. Winnipeg. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Danishka Esterhazy Wins UBC Creative Writing Award for Best Screenplay". reelwest.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ^ David, Greg (7 April 2022). "Tim Rozon, Ayisha Issa, Kaniehtiio Horn and Tallboyz win during Night 4 of the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards". tv-eh.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ^ "WAG Screening Danishka Esterhazy Films" (Press release). Winnipeg Art Gallery. Retrieved 17 April 2013.[dead link]
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