Kier-La Janisse
Known for

Directing

Credits

35

Gender

Woman

Birthday

Place of birth

Winnipeg, Canada

Also known as

Kier-La Janisse

Biography

Kier-La Janisse (1972-) is a Canadian film writer, programmer and producer, founder of international horror school The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi (FAB Press, 2007) and House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (FAB Press, 2012). Her first feature film as director/producer, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror is due out from Severin Films in 2021.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2023The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura GemserNarrator
2023A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ ActressNarrator
2021Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorSelf
2021The Devil Down Under: Satanic Panic in Australia from Rosaleen Norton to Alison's BirthdayNarrator
2020Tales of the UncannySelf
2018Eli Roth's History of Horror
2015Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of CinépixHerself
2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”Self
2014Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'Self
2004Celluloid HorrorHerself
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity CinemaAdaptation
Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity CinemaDirector
Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In Out of the BlueWriter
Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In Out of the BlueProducer
2023The Naked Eye: Sex and the Mondo FilmProducer
2023The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura GemserDirector
2023The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura GemserWriter
2023A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ ActressDirector
2023Ajita Wilson: An Elusive IconProducer
2023To Fire You Come at LastExecutive Producer
2021Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorWriter
2021Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorAdditional Editor
2021Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorDirector
2021Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorProducer
2021A Folk Horror TaleScript
2021Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film PhenomenonDirector
2021Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film PhenomenonProducer
2020Tales of the UncannyProducer
2020S.W.A.L.K. IIWriter
2019From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi FilmDirector
2019From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi FilmProducer
2019From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi FilmEditor
2019Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The RitaProducer
2017We Always Find Ourselves in the SeaExecutive Producer
2012Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70sProducer