Danièle Wilmouth is an artist working primarily in experimental and documentary filmmaking. Her undergraduate studies focused on printmaking, video, installation, photography & performance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy. She later earned an MFA in 16mm filmmaking at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1990 she began a six-year residency in Osaka, Japan, where she co-founded ‘Hairless Films’, an independent filmmaking collective. For more than 5 years she studied the Japanese contemporary dance form Butoh with several teachers including Yoshito Ohno, Maro Akaji, Byakko-sha, and her main instructor Katsura Kan. She performed with his dance troupe ‘The Saltimbanques’ in Japan for more than 3 years. Her films have won awards and screened widely in festivals, galleries and on television around the world. She is currently a faculty member in the film and video departments of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College.