Nationality Canadian Role Filmmaker | Name Madeline Ivalu Occupation filmmaker, actress | |
Movies Before Tomorrow, Myself, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, The Journals of Knud Ras, Uvanga Similar Zacharias Kunuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Marianne Farley, Jorn Riel | ||
The Uluit: Champions of the North
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu is a Canadian Inuk filmmaker and actor. One of the cofounders of Arnait Video Productions, a women's video and filmmaking collective in Nunavut, she co-directed, co-wrote and starred in Arnait's first feature film production, Before Tomorrow. She costarred in the film with her real-life grandson, Paul-Dylan Ivalu. Her codirector of the film was Marie-Hélène Cousineau, and both women cowrote the film with Susan Avingaq.
She garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 30th Genie Awards, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Achievement in Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ivalu and Cousineau also codirected the 2013 film Uvanga, in which Ivalu played a supporting role.
She previously also acted in the films Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, and was one of the credited writers of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen.