Michèle Hozer
- Editor
- Director
- Additional Crew
With two films shortlisted for the Academy Awards and an Emmy nomination, Michèle Hozer is a celebrated Canadian filmmaker and editor.
Her editing on Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire contributed to the film’s 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary and the Audience Award at Sundance. She received an individual Emmy nomination for Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman. As co-director of Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, she was shortlisted for an Academy Award and received a Gemini Award for Best Biography. Her solo directorial debut, Sugar Coated (2015), premiered at Hot Docs and won the Donald Brittain Award at the Canadian Screen Awards.
Michèle has also directed SponsorLand (2017), contributed to Frontline’s In the Age of AI, and served as story editor on Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On. In 2024, she completed Atomic Reaction, a feature documentary nominated for a Canadian Screen Award.
Now based in Prince Edward County, Michèle runs a seasonal cut-flower farm and continues to craft documentary films that challenge systems and elevate unheard voices. Her latest project, The Pitch, chronicles the creation of Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league - a story of ambition, justice, and the courage to rewrite the rules.
Her editing on Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire contributed to the film’s 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary and the Audience Award at Sundance. She received an individual Emmy nomination for Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman. As co-director of Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, she was shortlisted for an Academy Award and received a Gemini Award for Best Biography. Her solo directorial debut, Sugar Coated (2015), premiered at Hot Docs and won the Donald Brittain Award at the Canadian Screen Awards.
Michèle has also directed SponsorLand (2017), contributed to Frontline’s In the Age of AI, and served as story editor on Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On. In 2024, she completed Atomic Reaction, a feature documentary nominated for a Canadian Screen Award.
Now based in Prince Edward County, Michèle runs a seasonal cut-flower farm and continues to craft documentary films that challenge systems and elevate unheard voices. Her latest project, The Pitch, chronicles the creation of Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league - a story of ambition, justice, and the courage to rewrite the rules.
