Tanya Lapointe is a Canadian filmmaker and former journalist, most noted for her 2020 documentary film '' The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier)''.
A longtime arts and culture journalist for Ici Radio-Canada, she began dating film director
Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve (; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, winning for '' Maelström'' in 2001, '' Polytechnique'' in 2009, ''Incendies ...
in the mid-2010s. She took a leave of absence from the network in 2015 to work as a production assistant on Villeneuve's film ''
Arrival
Arrival(s) or The Arrival(s) may refer to:
Film
* ''The Arrival'' (1991 film), an American science fiction horror film
* ''The Arrival'' (1996 film), an American-Mexican science fiction horror film
* ''Arrival'' (film), a 2016 American science ...
'', subsequently announcing her departure from journalism in 2016.
Her own debut as a documentary filmmaker, ''50/50'', was broadcast by Radio-Canada in 2018, and examined the gender gap between men and women in society. ''The Paper Man'' premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2020, where it won the Audience Award.
She participated in the 2021 edition of ''
Le Combat des livres
''Le Combat des livres'' is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Première in Canada. A French edition of the ''Canada Reads'' competition, the program was launched in 2004. It aired annually from ...
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...