Contributors
Maya Lussier-Seguin
Maya was born in Quebec in 1986 and is a graduate from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Concordia University, Montreal) where she was introduced to documentary filmmaking by such inspirational directors as Martin Duckworth, Michael Snow and Pierre Falardeau. After completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010, Maya moved to Paris, where she began her career as a production assistant with “What’s Up Films”. In 2014, she chose to focus on her creative career and participate in the production of historical documentaries of international scope for PBS: D-day’s Sunken Secrets, directed by Doug Hamilton and the six hour documentary series: The Great War, by Stephen Ives, which explores the American force’s role in WWI. Maya is also a dedicated swimmer of over 25 years and has met senior swimmers through her competitive career, which inspired her to make her first documentary film Swim for Life (Troisième nage). In 2015, she was selected by the Fondation de France to be the recipient of the Salavin-Fournier grant for young artists.
