Chap-Elle Productions Inc.
Created in 2006, based in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), Chap-Elle Productions Inc. is an independent production company whose goal is to bring strong creative stories to the screens and to provide entertaining as well as thought provoking films to a targeted audience. Chap-Elle Productions Inc. has both feature films and television series currently in development on its slate.
www.chapelleproductions.com
Danishka Esterhazy, Writer-Directory
Danishka Esterhazy is a Manitoba filmmaker of Russian and English descent. She uses a haunting visual style to create stories that examine the barriers to human intimacy. Esterhazy is a graduate of the Director's Lab program at the Canadian Film Centre - the renowned film school established by Norman Jewison. She has written and directed five short films including the National Screen Institute Drama Prize winner "The Snow Queen".
Esterhazy's films have screened at festivals around the world including recent screenings at the Rome International Film Festival, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea, the European Media Art Festival in Germany and the Reel Women International Film Festival in Hollywood. Her 60-minute dance film "Herding Instinct" premiered in March 2007 and will now tour Canada with Trip Dance Company. In addition to "Level 16", Danishka is currently developing a feature script entitled "The Night Dancers", a gothic fairy tale. She has recently been chosen as a participant in the Toronto International Film Festival's Talent Lab.
www.danishkaesterhazy.com
Stéphanie Chapelle, Producer
Born in Canada, raised in France and Japan, Stéphanie Chapelle studied Economics and Finance at the University of Paris IX Dauphine. She furthered her education and earned her Masters in Business and Administration with honours in Louisiana. After moving back to Europe, Stéphanie started her career in banking and rose to Assistant Vice President five years later.
In 2002, Stéphanie decided to finally combine her love of finance with her passion for movies and made the leap to film. She moved to Canada and attended the Vancouver Film School. She then managed the production, post-production and French versioning on the one-hour documentary Lord of the Brush. During that time, Stéphanie produced several shorts including Pluri'Elles, a short documentary commissioned by Radio Canada British Columbia and the NFB affiliated Parole Citoyenne (Citizenshift).
In 2005, Stéphanie graduated from the Canadian Film Centre’s Producer lab, which led her on to produce Spoonfed and Face Machine, two of the 2006 Canadian Film Centre NBC Universal short dramatic films.
She is currently a participant of the NSI Feature First Program with the Science-Fiction Thriller Level 16. In addition to Level 16, Stéphanie is developing the psychological feature thriller 1134 and the science fiction TV series Face Machine under her production company Chap-Elle Productions Inc.