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. 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, 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

Editor

Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Gemini Awards 2000 Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series The Nature of Things: "Race for the Future II" 2005 Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire Canadian Screen Awards 2016 Donald Brittain Award Sugar Coated Canadian Cinema Editors 2011 Best Editing in a Feature Documentary Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 2012 West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson 2013 Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children 2016 Sugar Coated 2019 Best Editing in a Short-Form Documentary Inviolable: The Fight for Human Rights International Documentary Association 2010 Best Music Documentary Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould News and Documentary Emmy Awards 2011 Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman