Susan Avingaq

Susan Avingaq is an Inuk Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. A founding partner in Arnait Video Productions, a women's filmmaking collective based in Igloolik, Nunavut, she is most noted for her work on the film "Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain)", for which she received Genie Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction/Production Design and Best Original Song ("Pamani") at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.
She was also credited as a producer of the films "Uvanga" and "Tia and Piujuq", a costume designer for "The Journals of Knud Rasmussen" and "Searchers", an art director on "Uvanga" and "Searchers", and co-director of the documentary films "Anaana" and "Sol".
She has published two children's books, "Fishing with Grandma" (2015) and "The Pencil" (2018), in collaboration with Maren Vsetula and illustrator Charlene Chua, and has performed as a storyteller on the children's television series "Anaana's Tent" and in Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory's theatrical show "Kiviuq Returns".