Jules Arita Koostachin is a Cree writer and filmmaker from Canada, most noted for her 2022 film Broken Angel (MaaShwaKan MaNiTo).
[1] A member of the Attawapiskat First Nation, she was born in Moose Factory, Ontario, and grew up in Moosonee,[2] and worked in social services before turning to filmmaking in the early 2010s.
[3] She directed a number of short films, both narrative dramas and documentaries, before making Broken Angel as her feature debut.
[12] She has also had selected roles as an actress, including as Talia Spears in Bones of Crows and as the voice of Layla Mabray in the television series Molly of Denali.
[1] Her twin sons, Pawaken and Tapwewin Koostachin-Chakasim, have had acting roles, notably in their mother's short film MisTik.