Danièle J. Suissa

Danièle J. Suissa is a Moroccan-born film and television director, who has worked predominantly in Canada and France.^[1] She is most noted for her 1989 television film No Blame, a drama about a woman testing positive for HIV/AIDS.^[2]

Born in Casablanca and raised in Paris, France, she began her career as a theatre director for the Théâtre du Palais-Royal before moving to Canada in her early 20s.^[1] In Canada she began working on television and theatrical films, including Kate Morris, Vice President,^[3] Divine Sarah, The Morning Man^[4] and Martha, Ruth and Edie.^[5]

No Blame won the Red Cross Award at the 1989 Monte-Carlo Television Festival,^[6] and Suissa received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries at the 4th Gemini Awards in 1989.^[7]