Originally from the Trois-Rivières region, Marie-Ève Laneville studied at UQAM from 1996 to 1999, first in art history and then in visual art. It was then that she began working with video and directed her first film, Simone, which was presented among others at the 10th Événement interuniversitaire de création vidéo and at the 18th Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. Marie-Ève Laneville also works in visual arts. She is a member of l’Atelier du gravure Presse-Papier.