As producer behind her husband Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation of the sci-fi epic, Lapointe was tasked to figure out how to realize artistic ambitions through the real-world mechanics of big-budget moviemaking
Tanya Lapointe, pictured in Montreal in February, 2025, and her husband Denis Villeneuve have transformed the global film industry, delivering a remarkable run of epics that have redefined the possibilities of the biggest of big screens.Tanya Lapointe has seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Interstellar gunships on fire off the shoulder of Arrakis. She watched C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.will ultimately be lost in time, like tears in the rain.
“As a reporter, you had access to the creative process, but not the raw materials, the actual experience of making a movie,” Lapointe says. “My goal was always to celebrate art, but sometimes that was as a consumer object, like, here’s why you should buy this book or a ticket to this film. When you understand the process and intention of an artist, you have a greater appreciation for it.”
“I had a bit of imposter’s syndrome. Am I doing what a producer does? But getting the mark was not only a title on paper, but recognition from my peers, which has been really meaningful,” says Lapointe, who also stepped in as second-unit director for the sequel, overseeing complex stunt-heavy set pieces. “In any one day, you can have human-resources issues, travel problems, expense issues. It’s about doing whatever it takes to make the movie happen.
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