Darcy Hennessey is an award-winning director from Vancouver, Canada.
Darcy Hennessey is a leading voice in action sports cinema, known for fusing the visceral thrill of adventure with the artistry of experimental film. Her work has screened at hundreds of festivals worldwide, including JAMIE (Telluride Mountainfilm, Vimeo Staff Pick), THE MOMENT (Santa Barbara International Film Festival), and ELLE AIME (Whistler Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Pick). Her films have won a plethora of festival awards and have been featured in Vimeo’s “Best of the Year” collections.
A former world class professional mountain biker, Darcy brings an insider’s lens to the high-stakes world she captures on screen. She was selected for the Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab, where she was mentored by Darren Aronofsky—an experience that helped solidify her reputation as a bold, visionary director unafraid to push cinematic boundaries.
Known for her whimsical visuals and nuanced storytelling, her interests and scope as a director span from narrative to fiction, documentary, and everything (weird and wonderful) in between.
Darcy is now a director member of the DGC, a graduate of the IDC (Intimacy Directors and Coordinator) accelerator program, and despite her many adventures, she regards giving birth to her sons as the craziest thing she’s done to date.
Currently she has two narrative feature films in development that she has written, and plans on directing.