Danic Champoux

Danic Champoux (1976 – February 18, 2022) was a Canadian documentary filmmaker.

[1] He was most noted for his 2014 film Self(less) Portrait (Autoportrait sans moi),[2] which was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015.

[3] A native of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec,[4] he participated in the filmmaking series La Course destination monde in 1996, before releasing his first short theatrical documentary film, My Father (Mon père), in 2000.

[1] The film was the winner of the Prix Pierre et Yolande Perrault at the 2001 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.

[5] He released numerous short and feature documentaries for both film and television throughout his career, with the Gémeaux Award-nominated CHSLD mon amour (2020) being his final film before his death.