Michèle Hozer
Michèle Hozer is a Canadian film director and editor, known for her work in documentary film.
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she studied film at Concordia University, and began her career as an editor for the National Film Board of Canada. Professionally, she has been based in Toronto, Ontario.
She made her debut as a director with the 2009 film Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, which she co-directed with Peter Raymont. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Hozer and Raymont then collaborated on West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson in 2011. She founded The Cutting Factory, her own editing studio which has also since been her production shingle as a documentarian.
She made her solo directorial debut with Sugar Coated, which premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2015. Her subsequent films as a director have included The Barber of Augusta, SponsorLand and Atomic Reaction.
Her film The Pitch is slated to premiere at the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival.
Filmography
Director
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould - 2009
- West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson - 2011
- Sugar Coated - 2015
- The Barber of Augusta - 2016
- SponsorLand - 2017
- Atomic Reaction - 2024
- The Pitch - 2025