Esther Valiquette (November 1962 – September 8, 1994) was a Canadian documentary film director.Stan Shatenstein, "Film-maker dies of AIDS". Montreal Gazette, September 19, 1994. She is most noted for her 1992 documentary film The Measure of Your Passage (Le singe bleu), which won the award for Best Short Film at the 1993 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma,"Morin garners 2 Rendez-Vous du Cinema awards". Montreal Gazette, February 14, 1993. and the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993.Rob Salem, "Genies good for Gould: Four honors for film-festival hit that's yet to open in Toronto". Toronto Star, December 13, 1993.
Originally from Arthabaska, Quebec, she studied arts the Université de Montréal. Following her graduation she joined the National Film Board of Canada as a trainee in its Studio D unit for women, and worked in a variety of technical roles on productions for the company.Stan Shatenstein, "Vision of a tragedy: Film-maker Esther Valiquette uses her artist's eye to explore a deadly disease". Montreal Gazette, March 1, 1993. After being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1989, she directed the AIDS-themed documentary film The Story of A (Le Récit d'A), which was released in 1990.Mary Welin, "Film buffs are promised a wealth of offbeat entertainment". Calgary Herald, June 14, 1991. The film recounted the struggles of an HIV-positive man named Andrew. In 1992, she released The Measure of Your Passage, an essay film which presented her own philosophical explorations of mortality through the prism of a reflection on the collapse of the ancient Minoan civilization.
Valiquette died of AIDS on September 8, 1994.
See also List of female film and television directors
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