Ayana O'Shun is a director, screenwriter and producer. Her films have been selected at over sixty national and international festivals, including her first feature-length documentary, Le Mythe de la femme noire, winner of the Magnus-Isacsson Award for Best Film at the Rencontres Internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM). The film was the highest-grossing documentary in Quebec theaters in 2023, and remained in the top 20 at the Quebec box office for 5 weeks. It also toured several national and international festivals (New York, Cannes, Berlin, Luxembourg, Toronto, Winnipeg, Stockholm, etc.), and was a finalist for the Prix Gémeaux. His medium-length documentary Les Mains Noires - Procès de l'Esclave Incendiaire (Radio-Canada / ICI RDI), about the story of Marie-Josèphe-Angélique, a black slave accused of setting fire to Montreal in the 18th century, won several awards, including the Dikola Prize for "Best Documentary Film" at the Cannes International Pan-African Film Festival and the "Best Foreign Film" award at the Festival Écrans Noirs de Yaoundé, sponsored by SODEC and TV5 Monde. In addition, his short film Médecins Sans Résidence, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, ranked as the most-watched film on the NFB platform for several weeks. 

Also an actress, Ayana has appeared in numerous productions, including the series Les Révoltés (TVA), for which her performance of one of the lead roles earned her the Best Actress award at the SDE Gala in 2024. Her film credits include François Peloquin's La Fonte des glaces, Ricardo Trogi's Le guide de la famille parfaite and Denys Arcand's La chute de l'empire américain; her TV credits include Un gars, une fille, District 31, À coeur battant (Radio-Canada / ICI Télé) and Bête noire (Séries Plus). She has also appeared on stage, for example in Denis Bouchard's play Le dernier sacrement.