Danielle Therese Dougé is a Haitian American filmmaker from Chicago, IL. Her work most often centers an exploration of Black womanhood/feminisms, queerness, ancestral knowledge and intergenerational trauma via the genres of thriller, horror, sci-fi and drama. She holds a BA in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University and an MFA in Film with a concentration in screenwriting from Columbia University’s School of the Arts. During their tenure at Columbia, Dougé was awarded the Jesse Thompkins III Memorial Award for screenwriting, earned a 2020 Sundance Blackhouse fellowship and a 2021 Facebook SEEN fellowship. Most recently, Dougé was awarded Faculty Honors for her feature script, "Summertime Pie,”  at the 2023 Columbia University Film Festival.  

Dougé is currently a teaching artist at Developing Artists and a term assistant professor at Barnard College where she teaches courses such as: Digital Production, Adaptation, Black Speculative Fiction and Advanced Screenwriting.