About

Known credits:
53
Birthday:
1994-03-04
Place of birth:
Saskatoon - Saskatchewan - Canada
Website:
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Louise Weard

Overview

Louise Weard is a filmmaker with a degree in Film Semiotics. Hailing from Western Canada, she cut her teeth working as the cinematographer for FX legend Ryan Nicholson and emerged as an exciting new voice in underground horror with her breakout body-horror featurette Computer Hearts. Along with her filmmaking partner Dionne Copland, Louise established CyberCraft Video in 2016 and produced the short films Inferno and Haxx Deadroom, as well as the micro-budget queer slasher film Cuties. After film school she produced Dionne Copland’s feature-length debut, the cabin-in-the-woods creature-feature Cold Wind Blowing, which was released in 2022.

She has been obsessed with deeply personal (and perverse) movies that push the envelope for as long as she can remember, which culminated in her winning a Most Fearless Performance Award in 2015 for her short film S.I.D.S. in which she played herself as a transsexual woman seeking a back alley surgery. Nearly a decade after completing her debut film, Computer Hearts, it was rediscovered as a significant work of transgender horror cinema and screened at The Music Box in Chicago, IL during their Music Box of Horrors event in October 2022.

Her film theory writing encompasses work on the on-screen semiotics of the Marquis de Sade and a comprehensive history of films featuring phallic genital trauma, the latter of which can be found in the book Divergent Terror: The Crossroads of Queerness and Horror. In September 2022, she co-hosted the 100 Best Kills event at Fantastic Fest in a night dedicated to castration scenes in film.

For Louise, cinema is about illuminating the most secretive and problematic parts of the self and using storytelling to connect with other freaks and outcasts so that nobody has to feel alone. Her obsessions include ritual Magick, Gnosticism, and UFOs, and when she’s not making movies you’ll find her championing unsung visionary filmmakers through her film writing and her roles at various film festivals. She has also directed some extremely transgressive music videos for musical artists Ravine Angel and Lauren Bousfield, and while filming one she may have “accidentally” performed a ritual that made her trans.

Known for

Acting
2024 The Estrogen Gospel Actor Ghost (voice) N/A
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2024 Castration Movie Actor Michaela “Traps” Sinclair N/A
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2023 Cybergrime Actor N/A
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2022 100 Best Kills: Texas Birth Control, Dick Destruction Actor Host N/A
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2020 Ravine Angel: Ambition Actor The Fool N/A
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2016 Chasing Rewind Actor Narrator 59
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2015 This Is Not a Computer: The Making of Computer Hearts Actor Self N/A
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2014 S.I.D.S. Actor The Patient 59
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2014 Computer Hearts Actor Albert 58
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Directing
2024 Castration Movie Directing Director N/A
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2023 Cybergrime Directing Director N/A
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2022 100 Best Kills: Texas Birth Control, Dick Destruction Directing Director N/A
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2020 Ravine Angel: Ambition Directing Director N/A
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2016 Chasing Rewind Directing Director 59
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2015 This Is Not a Computer: The Making of Computer Hearts Directing Director N/A
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2014 S.I.D.S. Directing Director 59
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2014 Computer Hearts Directing Director 58
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2012 The Last One Directing Director 59
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Writing
2024 Castration Movie Writing Writer N/A
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2023 Cybergrime Writing Writer N/A
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2020 Ravine Angel: Ambition Writing Writer N/A
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2016 Chasing Rewind Writing Writer 59
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2014 S.I.D.S. Writing Writer 59
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2014 Computer Hearts Writing Writer 58
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Production
2024 Castration Movie Production Producer N/A
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2022 Cold Wind Blowing Production Producer 59
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2020 Cuties Production Producer 58
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2017 Haxx Deadroom Production Producer 59
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2014 Computer Hearts Production Producer 58
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Riding Shotgun Production Producer N/A
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Tell Me I’m Worthless Production Producer N/A
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Sound
2023 Cybergrime Sound Sound N/A
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2022 Cold Wind Blowing Sound Sound Editor 59
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2017 Haxx Deadroom Sound Sound Editor 59
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2014 S.I.D.S. Sound Sound Designer 59
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Camera
2022 Cold Wind Blowing Camera Director of Photography 59
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2021 W.F.L.T. Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2020 Ravine Angel: Ambition Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2020 Cuties Camera Director of Photography 58
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2017 Haxx Deadroom Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2016 Dionne Copland's Inferno Camera Director of Photography 59
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2015 Gutterballs 2: Balls Deep Camera Director of Photography 59
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2014 Computer Hearts Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
Woundworld Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Editing
2024 Castration Movie Editing Editor N/A
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2023 Cybergrime Editing Editor N/A
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2022 Cold Wind Blowing Editing Editor 59
Average
2017 Haxx Deadroom Editing Editor 59
Average
2016 Dionne Copland's Inferno Editing Editor 59
Average
2016 Chasing Rewind Editing Editor 59
Average
2015 This Is Not a Computer: The Making of Computer Hearts Editing Editor N/A
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2014 S.I.D.S. Editing Editor 59
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2014 Computer Hearts Editing Editor 58
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