Maude Michaud

Maude Michaud (born December 23, 1983) is a Canadian screenwriter, filmmaker and actress. She is best known for her first feature-length film Dys-, which she wrote, directed, produced and edited.

Early life

Maude Michaud is from Greenfield Park, Quebec. She began drama lessons when she was nine years old. By the age of sixteen, she made her first short film, Finding Hope, which was chosen for the official selection in Toronto's International Teen Movie Festival. By seventeen, her second short film, Spirits, which was her first work in the horror genre, was also screened at this festival.

Her master's thesis titled "Horror Grrrls: Resistance and Agency within the Interpretive Community of Women Horror Filmmakers" focuses primarily on women in the horror genre.

Career By day, Michaud works for an organization which creates media content. Her position within the organization requires her to accommodate various events and projects. The film chronicles a couple who quarantine themselves inside their condo when the news of a viral outbreak surfaces. The two main characters, whose marriage is in shambles, must face the mysterious pandemic while the proximity to one another only serves to pull them apart even further. Together, Eva and Sam are forced to confront their innermost demons.

Filmography