Maureen Judge

Maureen Judge is a 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.

Biography

Judge was born 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.

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. 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.