6.5Directing
Kier-La Janisse
- Birthplace
- Winnipeg, Canada
Biography
Kier-La Janisse (born 1972) is a Canadian film producer, programmer, founder of international horror school The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi and House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films. Her feature directorial debut, the documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, was released in 2021.
Known For
Filmography
33 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
CAMP
2026 · Movie
Thanks
Joan Collins: Queen Of The Horror Films
2026 · Movie
Herself
The Fated Hour
2026 · Movie
Executive Producer
The War Game at Cinecity
2026 · Movie
Executive Producer
1000 Women in Horror
2025 · Movie
Self
The Occupant of the Room
2025 · Movie
Director · Screenplay · Producer
The Stone Forest
2025 · Movie
Narrator
Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter
2024 · Movie
Cast
The Art of the Calendar
2024 · Movie
Director
The Haunted Season
2024 · TV Show
Director · Writer
A Tribute To Karin Schubert: The ‘Nackedei’ Actress
2023 · Movie
Narrator · Director
Ajita Wilson: An Elusive Icon
2023 · Movie
Producer
I'm Not a Guru
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Naked Eye: Sex and the Mondo Film
2023 · Movie
Producer
The Reluctant Icon: A Tribute to Laura Gemser
2023 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Writer
To Fire You Come at Last
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
A Folk Horror Tale
2021 · Movie
Script
Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
2021 · Movie
Director · Producer
The Kid from a Kibbutz: Daliah Lavi and the Road to Il Demonio
2021 · Movie
Producer
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
2021 · Movie
Self · Writer · Additional Editor · Director · Producer
Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · Movie
Self · Producer
From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film
2019 · Movie
Director · Producer · Editor
Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita
2019 · Movie
Producer
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · TV Show
Self
We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea
2017 · Movie
Executive Producer
Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
2015 · Movie
Herself
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014 · Movie
Self
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014 · Movie
Self
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012 · Movie
Producer
Celluloid Horror
2004 · Movie
Self
Killing for Culture: The Birth of Atrocity Cinema
Date unknown · Movie
Director · Adaptation
Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll
Date unknown · Movie
Self · Director · Producer · Editor
Terminal City Blues — Vancouver Onscreen In Out of the Blue
Date unknown · Movie
Writer · Producer