Maureen Judge facts for kids

Maureen Judge is a talented filmmaker and TV producer from Canada. She has won many awards, including the Canadian Screen Awards (CSA). Her films are often documentaries. They explore big ideas like love, friendship, and fitting in. She often looks at how families work today. Recently, she has focused on the dreams and challenges faced by young people.

About Maureen Judge

Maureen Judge was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was one of eight children! As a kid, she lived in different cities. These included Montreal, Kingston, Ontario, and Chicago, Illinois. In 1967, she moved to Toronto, Ontario.

She studied science and philosophy at The University of Toronto. Later, in 1982, she earned a Master's degree. This was in cinema studies from New York University. Today, Judge lives in Toronto with her husband. She has two grown children.

Maureen Judge has directed and produced many films. Most of these are documentaries. She has also worked on TV series and some short dramas. Some of her most famous films include My Millennial Life. This film won a CSA Award in 2017. It was for Best Documentary Program. Another well-known film is Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship. This won a Genie Award in 1997. It was for Best Short Documentary.

She started producing TV series in 2002. She created and produced a 13-episode series called Family Secrets. In 2006, she also created Heart of a Poet.

In 2008, Judge produced the documentary film FLicKeR. This film won a special award at Hot Docs. It also won Best Film on International Art in Poland. FLicKeR was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2009. Her next film, Mom's Home (2010), was also nominated for a Gemini Award. This was for Best Social-Political Documentary.

Her other award-winning documentaries include:

• And We Knew How To Dance: Women and World War I (produced by the National Film Board of Canada)
• In My Parents' Basement
• Living Dolls (2015)

Judge helped start CineAction Magazine in 1986. She wrote an article for its very first issue. She has also taught film studies and production. She taught at York University, Humber College, and Sheridan College in Toronto.

Maureen Judge's Films and TV Shows

Selected Films:

• Family Business (short drama), writer/director, 1984
• A Venerable Occasion (short drama), 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:

• Family Secrets (documentary series) creator/writer/producer, 2003
  • "Blowing Out the Candles" (Family Secrets episode), producer/director, 2003
  • "Introducing Debbie" (Family Secrets episode), producer/director, 2003
  • "Birth Mothers Never Forget" (Family Secrets episode), producer/director, 2004
  • "When Nobody's Looking" (Family Secrets episode), producer/director, 2004

Heart of a Poet TV Series

Heart of a Poet is a Canadian television documentary series. It first aired in April 2006. Maureen Judge and Tina Hahn created it. Maureen Judge was also an executive producer. The show was broadcast on Bravo!. It ran for two seasons, ending in November 2007.

Each episode of the series focused on a different Canadian poet. It showed their lives, their writings, and their performances. Viewers learned about the poets through their poems and interviews. They also saw how their daily lives influenced their poetry.

Some of the poets featured in the series include George Elliott Clarke, bill bissett, Christian Bök, Marty Gervais, Lillian Allen, Shane Koyczan, Ray Hsu, and Daphne Marlatt.

Awards and Nominations

• Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship
  • Genie Award, Best Short Documentary, Academy of Canadian Film & Television (1998)
  • Gold Award: Social/Political Documentary, Chicago International Film Festival Intercom (1997)
• Family Secrets
  • Honorable Mention: Documentary Film, Family Secrets: When Nobody's Looking, Columbus International Film & Video Festival (2003)
• 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 Award (2009)
• Mom's Home
  • Nominated: Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Gemini Award (2011)
  • Nominated: Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series Gemini Award (2011)
• Living Dolls
  • Gold Medal, Documentary Directing, New York Festivals
  • Best POV Documentary Award, Yorkton Film Festival
  • Nomination: Best Documentary, Austin Film Festival
  • Shaw-Hot Docs Completion Award
• My Millennial Life
  • Winner: Canadian Screen Award, Best Documentary Program
  • Winner: New York Festivals, Documentary, Gold Medal
  • Nominated: Canadian Screen Award, Best Cross Platform Project (non-fiction)
• 17 And Life Doesn’t Wait
  • Nominated: Canadian Screen Award, Best Picture Editing (documentary)