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Canadian artist and documentary film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Esther Valiquette (November 1962 – September 8, 1994) was a Canadian documentary film director.[1] She is most noted for her 1992 documentary film The Measure of Your Passage (Le singe bleu), which won the award for Best Short Film at the 1993 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma,[2] and the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993.[3]
Originally from Arthabaska, Quebec, she studied arts the Université de Montréal. Following her graduation she joined the National Film Board of Canada as a trainee in its Studio D unit for women, and worked in a variety of technical roles on productions for the company.[4] After being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1989, she directed the AIDS-themed documentary film The Story of A (Le Récit d'A), which was released in 1990.[5] The film recounted the struggles of an HIV-positive man named Andrew. In 1992, she released The Measure of Your Passage, an essay film which presented her own philosophical explorations of mortality through the prism of a reflection on the collapse of the ancient Minoan civilization.[4]
Valiquette died of AIDS on September 8, 1994.[1]
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