Madeleine Aimée is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist currently based in Toronto, Canada. Fascinated with the early gothic art movement at a young age, Madeleine possesses a rich background as a visual artist with expertise in impressionistic oil painting, charcoal and graphite illustration, sculpting, and graphic arts. Although filmmaking held a constant presence in her life in more minor ways, her love of film took over at the age of 13 when her first film was exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Since then, she’s progressed into a passionate writer and director who gained international recognition with her 2019 experimental documentary film Enfant Effrayé.
Madeleine creates unique and meaningful art in all areas of interest by challenging genre and intermingling dark gothic aesthetics with an innocent and nostalgic subject matter. Her films are also distinguished for integrating hand-painted rotoscope animation using her background as a visual artist. She’s currently working toward directing her biggest project yet, “Alice and the Fishing Pond”, which received funding from the Canadian Council for the Arts in 2021 and is scheduled to be first screened in 2024.