Maureen Judge

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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.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Awards:
4 External Links

[edit] 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, 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. She also directed And We Knew How To Dance: Women and World War I, which was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. She began television series producing in 2002 when she created and produced the 13 episode series, Family Secrets.

Judge was a member of the collective that founded cineAction! Magazine in 1986 and has taught film studies and production at York University, Humber and Sheridan College.

[edit] Filmography

Selected Films:

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) director, 1994
Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship (documentary) director, 1997
In My Parents’ Basement (documentary), director, 2002
Mom's Home (documentary), director, 2007

Selected Television:

Blowing Out the Candles (“Family Secrets” series pilot episode), director, 2003
Family Secrets (documentary series) creator/producer, 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
Heart of a Poet I&II (docu/performance series), co-creator/executive producer, 2006
Jill Battson (“Heart of a Poet” I episode), writer/director, 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
Daphne Marlatt (“Heart of a Poet” II episode), writer/director, 2006

[edit] Awards:

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

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)

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

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)