Nicolas Lachapelle
Nicolas Lachapelle is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec. He is most noted for his 2022 short documentary film Zug Island, which was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023, and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.
His prior films have included Lights Above Water and What Remains When We're Gone . In 2023 he released Retour à Normétal, a sound documentary about the Quebec mining town of Normétal. In 2024, he published La Chasse Interdite, a book and sound documentary following a hunting expedition in the Innu community of Pakua Shipi on the Basse-Côte-Nord. The project takes the form of an art book, a photo report and a sound documentary.
In 2025 he released The Punk of Natashquan , which was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards.