Louise Weard
Directing
Born: March 4, 1994 (age 32) · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Highest Rated
Biography
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 fierce 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.
Photos (3)
Movies (12)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Queer Assistant
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Michaela
Une Fraise
(uncredited)
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Michaela 'Traps' Sinclair
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Michaela 'Traps' Sinclair
Computer Hearts
Albert
S.I.D.S.
The Patient
The Estrogen Gospel
Ghost (voice)
Ravine Angel: Ambition
The Fool
100 Best Kills: Texas Birth Control, Dick Destruction
Host
Night School
Principal
A Thousand Words
Boyfriend
Self / Appearances (3)
Upcoming (21)
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
Michaela · Film
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
Director · Film
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
Producer · Film
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
Editor · Film
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
Camera Operator · Film
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
Story · Film
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
Sound Recordist · Film
Castration Movie Part 4: Endless September
Michaela · Film
Castration Movie Part 4: Endless September
Director · Film
Castration Movie Part 4: Endless September
Producer · Film
Castration Movie Part 4: Endless September
Story · Film
Castration Movie Part 4: Endless September
Editor · Film
Castration Movie Part 4: Endless September
Camera Operator · Film
HUMAN ERROR
Film
Riding Shotgun
Producer · Film
Tell Me I’m Worthless
Producer · Film
Castration Movie Anthology v.
Director · Film
Castration Movie Anthology v.
Producer · Film
Castration Movie Anthology v.
Editor · Film
Castration Movie Anthology v.
Camera Operator · Film
Castration Movie Anthology v.
Story · Film
Directing (9)
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Director
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Director
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Director
Castration Movie Anthology II. The Best of Both Worlds
Director
Computer Hearts
Director
S.I.D.S.
Director
Ravine Angel: Ambition
Director
100 Best Kills: Texas Birth Control, Dick Destruction
Director
Night School
Director
Writing (9)
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Story
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Story
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Story
Castration Movie Anthology II. The Best of Both Worlds
Story
Computer Hearts
Writer
S.I.D.S.
Writer
Haxx Deadroom
Story
Ravine Angel: Ambition
Writer
Night School
Writer
Producing (18)
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Producer
The Serpent's Skin
Producer
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Producer
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Executive Producer
ee
Executive Producer
Castration Movie Documentary Anthology i. You Had To Be There
Producer
Castration Movie World Tour Anthology ii. The Best of Both a Question and a Comment
Producer
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Producer
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Executive Producer
Castration Movie Anthology II. The Best of Both Worlds
Producer
Castration Movie Anthology II. The Best of Both Worlds
Executive Producer
Computer Hearts
Producer
Haxx Deadroom
Producer
Cold Wind Blowing
Producer
Don't Look Down
Producer
Cuties
Producer
House That Kills People/Hide
Associate Producer
A Thousand Words
Associate Producer
Other Crew (46)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Thanks
CAMP
Thanks
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Editor
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Sound Recordist
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
"A" Camera Operator
The Serpent's Skin
Thanks
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Editor
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Sound Recordist
Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps
Camera Operator
Platypus
Lighting Technician
Chirophobia
Sound Editor
Castration Movie Documentary Anthology i. You Had To Be There
Camera Operator
Castration Movie World Tour Anthology ii. The Best of Both a Question and a Comment
Cinematography
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Editor
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Sound Recordist
Castration Movie Expansion Pack i. You're Weird, But I Love You!
Camera Operator
Castration Movie Anthology II. The Best of Both Worlds
Editor
Castration Movie Anthology II. The Best of Both Worlds
"A" Camera Operator
Castration Movie Anthology II. The Best of Both Worlds
Sound Recordist
Computer Hearts
Director of Photography
Computer Hearts
Editor
S.I.D.S.
Sound Designer
S.I.D.S.
Editor
S.I.D.S.
Original Music Composer
S.I.D.S.
Production Design
Haxx Deadroom
Editor
Haxx Deadroom
Director of Photography
Haxx Deadroom
Sound Editor
Dionne Copland's Inferno
Director of Photography
Dionne Copland's Inferno
Editor
Gutterballs 2: Balls Deep
Director of Photography
Softcore
Director of Photography
Softcore
Editor
Cold Wind Blowing
Editor
Cold Wind Blowing
Director of Photography
Cold Wind Blowing
Sound Editor
Don't Look Down
Cinematography
Don't Look Down
Editor
Cuties
Director of Photography
Ravine Angel: Ambition
Director of Photography
Night School
Editor
Night School
Camera Operator
House That Kills People/Hide
Cinematography
House That Kills People/Hide
Editor
A Thousand Words
Editor
A Thousand Words
Cinematography