Maureen Judge

Maureen Judge

Maureen Judge is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker and television producer. Most of her work is documentary and explores themes of love, betrayal and acceptance in the context of the modern family.

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Biography

Judge was born in 1955 in Montreal, Quebec and is one of eight children. As a child, she lived in Montreal, Quebec; Kingston, Ontario; and Chicago, Illinois, before moving to Toronto in 1967.

In 1975 she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from The University of Toronto in Science and Philosophy. In 1982 she earned a Master of Arts Degree in Cinema Studies from New York University. Judge now lives in Toronto with her husband and their two children.

Judge has directed and produced a number of documentary films, television series and a few shorts. Her best known film, Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship was the winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Genie Award in 1998 for Best Short Documentary.[1] She also directed And We Knew How To Dance: Women and World War I, which was produced by the National Film Board of Canada, and In My Parents' Basement.

She began television series producing in 2002 when she created and produced the 13 episode series, Family Secrets. Judge then went on to create and produce the series Heart of a Poet in 2006.

More recently, Judge produced the documentary film FLicKeR which won the Special Jury Prize for a Canadian Feature Length Documentary at Hot Docs in 2008. It then went on to win in the category of Best Film on International Art at the 2009 Era New Horizons Film Festival in Poland,[2] and was nominated for a 2009 Gemini Award.[3]

Judge was a founding member of CineAction Magazine in 1986, contributing an article on the film Death Watch to its first issue, and has taught film studies and production at York University, Humber College and Sheridan College in Toronto.

Filmography

Selected Films:[4]

FLicKeR (documentary), producer, 2008
In My Parents’ Basement (documentary), director, 2002
Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship (documentary) director, 1997
And We Knew How To Dance: Women and WWI (documentary) director, 1994
Altered Ego (comedy/drama featurette), writer, director, 1991
A Venerable Occasion (dramatic short), writer/director, 1986
Family Business (dramatic short), writer/director,1984

Selected Television:[5]

Heart of a Poet I&II (docu/performance series), co-creator/executive producer, 2006
bill bissett (“Heart of a Poet” I episode), writer/director, 2006
Christian Bök (“Heart of a Poet” I episode), writer/director, 2006
Marty Gervais (“Heart of a Poet” I episode), writer/director, 2006
Seth-Adrian Harris (“Heart of a Poet” I episode), writer/director, 2006
Lillian Allen (“Heart of a Poet” II episode), writer/director, 2006
Adeena Karasick (“Heart of a Poet” II episode), writer/director, 2006
Shane Koyczan (“Heart of a Poet” II episode), writer/director, 2006
Jill Battson (“Heart of a Poet” I episode), writer/director, 2006
Daphne Marlatt (“Heart of a Poet” II episode), writer/director, 2006

Family Secrets (documentary series) creator/producer, 2003
Blowing Out the Candles (“Family Secrets” series pilot episode), director, 2003
When Nobody’s Looking (“Family Secrets” episode), director, 2003
Birth Mothers Never Forget (“Family Secrets” episode), director, 2003
Introducing Debbie (“Family Secrets” episode), director, 2003

Awards

FLicKeR
Special Jury Prize: Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs (2008)
Best Film on International Art: Era New Horizons Film Festival (2009)
Nominated: Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series, Gemini Awards (2009)

Family Secrets
Gold Award: Documentary Series, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (2004)
Honorable Mention: Documentary Film, Family Secrets: When Nobody’s Looking, Columbus International Film & Video Festival (2003)

In My Parents’ Basement
Silver Award: Documentary, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (2002)

Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship
Genie Award: Best Short documentary, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (1997)
Gold Award: Social/Political Documentary, Chicago International Film Festival Intercom (1997)
Finalist Award: Documentary, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (1998)
Honorable mention: Social Issues, Columbus International Film & Video Festival (1997)
Hot Docs Award Nomination: Social/Political Documentary (1998)

And We knew How To Dance
Chris Award: Social Issues, Columbus International Film & Video Festival (1994)

References

  1. ^ "Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Awards Database". http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=21&shownum=18&winonly=0&awards=1&rtype=5&curstep=4. 
  2. ^ "Era New Horizons Film Festival 2009 competition results". http://www.enh.pl/artykul.do?id=414. 
  3. ^ "Nominees by Category, the 24th Annual Gemini Awards". http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/nominees.cfm. 
  4. ^ "IMDB: Maureen Judge". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431916/. 
  5. ^ "IMDB: Maureen Judge". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431916/. 

External links

National Film Board of Canada: *And We Knew How to Dance
National Film Board of Canada: *Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship


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