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Maureen Judge

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Maureen Judgeis aCanadian Screen Awards (CSA)winning filmmaker and television producer. Much of her work is documentary and explores themes of love, betrayal and acceptance in the context of the modern family, with the most recent films focusing on the dreams and challenges of contemporary youth.

Biography

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Judge was born inMontreal,Quebec and is one of eight children. As a child, she lived in Montreal, Quebec;Kingston,Ontario; andChicago,Illinois, before moving toToronto,Ontario in 1967.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from TheUniversity of Torontoin science and philosophy. In 1982 she earned a Master of Arts degree in cinema studies fromNew York University.Judge lives in Toronto with her husband and has two grown children.

Judge has directed and produced a number of documentary films, television series and a few dramatic shorts. Among her best known films are My Millennial Life, winner of theAcademy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s CSA Award for Best Documentary Program (2017) and Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship, winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Genie Award for Best Short Documentary (1997).

She began television series producing in 2002 when she created and produced the 13-episode series, Family Secrets and the Canadian poetry series Heart of a Poet in 2006.

In 2008 Judge produced the documentary filmFLicKeRwinner of theHot DocsSpecial Jury Prize for a Canadian Feature Length Documentary and Best Film on International Art at the 2009Era New Horizons Film Festivalin Poland,[1]FLicKeR was also nominated for a 2009Gemini Award.[2]Her following filmMom's Home(2010) was nominated for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social-Political Documentary at the Gemini Awards.

Her films include award-winning documentaries: And We Knew How To Dance: Women and World War I, produced by theNational Film Board of Canada,In My Parents' Basement and Living Dolls (2015).

Judge was a founding member ofCineAction Magazinein 1986, contributing an article on the filmDeath Watchto its first issue, and has taught film studies and production atYork University,Humber CollegeandSheridan Collegein Toronto.

Filmography

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Selected films:[3]

  • Family Business(dramatic short), writer/director, 1984
  • A Venerable Occasion(dramatic short), writer/director, 1986
  • Altered Ego(comedy/drama featurette), writer, director, 1991
  • And We Knew How to Dance: Women and WWI(documentary) researcher/director, 1994
  • Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship(documentary) producer/director, 1997
  • In My Parents' Basement(documentary), producer/director, 2002
  • FLicKeR(documentary), executive producer/producer, 2008
  • Mom's Home: The August Years of May and Gloria(documentary), producer/writer/director, 2010
  • Living Dolls: The Subculture of Doll Collecting(documentary), producer/writer/director, 2013
  • My Millennial Life(cross platform documentary), producer/writer/director, 2016
  • 17 And Life Doesn’t Wait(documentary), producer/writer/director, 2019

Selected television:[4]

  • Family Secrets(documentary series) creator/writer/producer, 2003
    • "Blowing Out the Candles" (Family Secretsepisode), producer/director, 2003
    • "Best Laid Plans" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2003
    • "Introducing Debbie" (Family Secretsepisode), producer/director, 2003
    • "Loss and Found" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2003
    • "Love Behind Bars" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2003
    • "Second Helping" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2003
    • "Birth Mothers Never Forget" (Family Secretsepisode), producer/director, 2004
    • "Erase the Day" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2004
    • "Looking for 7s" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2004
    • "From Mild to Completely Severe" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2004
    • "Beyond Baby Blues" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2004
    • "Almost Normal" (Family Secretsepisode), producer, 2004
    • "When Nobody's Looking" (Family Secretsepisode), producer/director, 2004

Heart of a Poet

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Heart of a Poet is a Canadiantelevision documentaryseries that premiered in April 2006, created by Maureen Judge and Tina Hahn and executive produced by Maureen Judge. The production is broadcast onBravo!.The series aired for two seasons, running from April 13, 2006[5]through November 29, 2007.[6]

Each episode of the series profiled the life, literature, and performances of a different working Canadian poet. The poets are introduced through samples of their writing, interviews, recitals, and the observational footage of the experiences that make up their daily lives and influence their poetry.[7]

Some of the poets featured in the series includeGeorge Elliott Clarke,[8]bill bissett,Christian Bök,Marty Gervais,Lillian Allen,Shane Koyczan,[9]Ray Hsu,andDaphne Marlatt.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^"Era New Horizons Film Festival 2009 competition results".21 February 2024.
  2. ^"Nominees by Category, the 24th Annual Gemini Awards".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-27.Retrieved2009-10-09.
  3. ^"IMDB: Maureen Judge".IMDb.
  4. ^"IMDB: Maureen Judge".IMDb.
  5. ^"Bravo showcases poets".Media in Canada.March 9, 2006.
  6. ^"Poetry, Passion, Performance – Acclaimed series Heart of a Poet, by producer Maureen Judge, returns to Bravo!"(Press release).Bravo!.CNW Group.August 15, 2007.RetrievedAugust 24,2017.
  7. ^"Heart of a Poet".makinmovies.ca.Archived fromthe originalon August 16, 2017.RetrievedAugust 16,2017.
  8. ^"Free love abounds, but Mao's sex life is off limits".The Globe and Mail.November 8, 2007.
  9. ^"Shane L. Koyczan".The Canadian Encyclopedia.June 29, 2010.RetrievedAugust 24,2017.
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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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