Louise Lalonde
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Louise Lalonde is a writer/producer/director of both French and English screen-based content. Her work includes documentaries and short films as well as several audio books by Atlantic Canadian writers. She is a founding member of Women in Film and Television - Atlantic (WIFT-AT), Treasurer for Doc Atlantic, and founding member and Past President of the Charlottetown Film Society.
Prior to working in the film industry, Louise's work experience was in education and hospitality. In 2006, she initiated and continues to coordinate a popular annual series of workshops: the PEI Screenwriters' Bootcamp in partnership with FilmPEI, and in 2017, she initiated The Writer's Edge, an annual screenwriting retreat for women. Both activities continue to evolve with the support of Telefilm Canada, Innovation PEI, IPF and the Bell Fund.
Presently, she has one documentary series in post-production: Best Summer Camp Ever and recently completed a five-part series on needle artists in PEI, Threading the Needle, both for Bell Fibe TV1. She also has three tv series in development: The Bowl & Spoon Café, a half-hour comedy series; That's Life, a one-hour light drama set in Northern Ireland and Prince Edward Island, and a horror genre anthology, Motel Nightmare, as well as a French/English feature film, Caroline and Maria and several other feature films. Other projects in the works are Family Food Fight and Heaven on Wheels, both lifestyle programs that need a home.