Tanya Lapointe

Tanya Lapointe is an Oscar-nominated Canadian producer, filmmaker and former journalist, most known for her work on the Dune trilogy and the 2020 documentary film The [Paper Man (2020 film)|The Paper Man] .
A longtime arts and culture journalist for Ici Radio-Canada, she began dating film director Denis Villeneuve in the mid-2010s. She took a leave of absence from the network in 2015 to work as a production assistant on Villeneuve's film Arrival, subsequently announcing her departure from journalism in 2016. In 2025, Lapointe was nominated alongside Villeneuve for the Academy [Award for Best Picture] for their work as producers on Dune: Part Two.
Her debut as a documentary filmmaker, 50/50, was broadcast by Radio-Canada in 2018, and examined the gender gap between men and women in society. The Paper Man premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2020, where it won the Whistler [Film Festival Audience Award|Audience Award].
She participated in the 2021 edition of Le Combat des livres, advocating for Melchior Mbonimpa's novel Le totem des Baranda.