About Yves Sioui Durand
Born 1951. Yves Sioui Durand is a Canadian film director, playwright, theatre director, writer, actor and director.
Yves Sioui Durand (born May 11, 1951) is a Huron/Wendat writer, filmmaker and theatre director from Quebec. A founder of the Ondinnok theatre company, he is an important pioneer of Indigenous theatre in Canada.
Born at Wendake, Quebec, he first became known for his 1983 play Le Porteur des peines du monde, which was later translated into English as The Sun Raiser. which was the first feature film written and directed by an Indigenous filmmaker from Quebec.
In 2017 he was a recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
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