# Maude Michaud > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maude_Michaud > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maude_Michaud.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Michaud > Source revision: 1353904530 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Maude Michaud** (born December 23, 1983) is a Canadian [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter), [filmmaker](/source/Filmmaking) and [actress.](/source/Actor) She is best known for her first feature-length film *Dys-* (2014), which she wrote, directed, produced and edited. ## Early life Maude Michaud is from [Greenfield Park, Quebec](/source/Greenfield_Park,_Quebec). She began drama lessons when she was nine years old.[1] By the age of sixteen, she made her first short film, *Finding Hope*, which was chosen for the official selection in [Toronto's International Teen Movie Festival](/source/Toronto_International_Teen_Movie_Festival).[2] By seventeen, her second short film, *Spirits*, which was her first work in the [horror genre](/source/Horror_fiction), was also screened at this festival.[2] ## Education Michaud did all of her post-collegiate studies at [Montreal](/source/Montreal)'s [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University), where she obtained her [bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree) in [communication studies](/source/Communication_studies) and [film production](/source/Filmmaking) with a [minor](/source/Minor_(academic)) in [project management](/source/Project_management).[1] She has since graduated with a [master's degree](/source/Master's_degree) in [media studies](/source/Media_studies).[3] Her [master's thesis](/source/Thesis) titled "Horror Grrrls: Resistance and Agency within the Interpretive Community of Women Horror Filmmakers" focuses primarily on women in the horror genre.[3] It consisted of a written element as well as a documentary [web series](/source/Web_series) titled Bloody Breasts, which examined women's role in the horror film industry and tackled certain prepossessed notions about women's relation to this genre.[4] ## Career By day, Michaud works for an organization which creates media content. Her position within the organization requires her to accommodate various events and projects.[1] In 2001, Michaud founded her own Montreal-based film production company, Quirk Films.[2] Through her production company, she has released various audio-visual works as well as some films, including her first feature-length film, *Dys-*.[2] ### *Dys-* In 2014 *Dys-*, premiered at [Montreal's International Fantasia Film Festival](/source/Fantasia_International_Film_Festival).[5] The film chronicles a couple who quarantine themselves inside their condo when the news of a viral outbreak surfaces. The two main characters, whose marriage is in shambles, must face the mysterious pandemic while the proximity to one another only serves to pull them apart even further. Together, Eva and Sam are forced to confront their innermost demons.[6] ## Filmography Film Year Type Credits Complex Model 2006 Short Director, writer, producer Recessed 2007 Short Director, writer, producer, editor, art director Complex Model 2007 Short Director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer, actress The Portrait 2008 Short Director, writer, producer Frankenstein Unlimited ("Reflection" segment) 2009 Short Director, writer, producer, editor, actress Reflection 2009 Short Director, writer, co-producer Hollywood Skin 2010 Short Director, writer, producer, editor Snuff 2010 Short Director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer Bloody Breasts 2011 Web Series Director, producer, editor, cinematographer Red 2011 Short Director, writer, producer, editor T is for Toothpick 2011 Short Director, writer, producer World of Death 2014 Short Director Dys- 2014 Feature Director, writer, producer, editor ## References 1. elizagalesinterviews. ["An Interview With Filmmaker Maude Michaud"](http://elizagalesinterviews.com/2015/01/29/an-interview-with-filmmaker-maude-michaud/). *elizagalesinterviews*. Retrieved 2016-03-21. 1. ["Quirk Films - About"](http://www.quirkfilms.ca/about.php). *www.quirkfilms.ca*. Retrieved 2016-03-21. 1. ["Horror Grrrls"](http://offscreen.com/view/horror-grrrls). *offscreen.com*. Retrieved 2016-03-20. 1. Michaud, Maude (2000-01-01), ["Bloody Breasts"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177955/), retrieved 2016-03-20 1. Cloutier, Mario (27 July 2014). ["Maude Michaud: enfant de Fantasia | Mario Cloutier | Festival Fantasia"](http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/festivals-de-cinema/festival-fantasia/201407/26/01-4787001-maude-michaud-enfant-de-fantasia.php) (in fr-CA). *La Presse*. Retrieved 2016-03-21. 1. ["Indie Horror Month: Canadian Filmmaker Maude Michaud Talks Quirk Films - Dread Central"](http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/31529/indie-horror-month-canadian-filmmaker-maude-michaud-talks-quirk-films/). *Dread Central*. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-21. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Maude Michaud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Michaud) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Michaud?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.