Originally from Montreal, Marie-Josée Tremblay is an accomplished Algonquin filmmaker, visual artist, singer-songwriter and actress. Coming from a family of photographers, Tremblay began making photographs at the age of 9. Passionate about cinema, Tremblay studied communications and film at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and at Concordia University. She has made numerous shorts films and has worked with Wapikoni Mobile and Université du Québec à Montréal.