JUDY HOLM - Producer/Writer


Judy Holm is a producer and writer with many years experience in the film industry. The decade prior to 1999, she was a feature film distribution executive. From 1995 to 1999, Holm was the Vice President of Theatrical Distribution for PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Canada. Since August 1999, Ms. Holm has been working with her husband, Michael McNamara, to develop and produce provocative, informative, and entertaining documentary, narrative television programs and feature films. Her film, WRINKLE, was broadcast on CBC Newsworld's Rough Cuts documentary series in January of 2001. WRINKLE was from an original idea by Ms. Holm, and she went on to be the associate producer, writer and narrator.

In February of 2002, McNamara and Holm launched a new production company, Markham Street Films. The first project to be produced by the new company was RADIO REVOLUTION: The Rise & Fall of The Big 8 for History Television. Holm won the 2004 Gemini Award for Best History Documentary Program or Series as the producer. She followed up by producing, starring in and narrating FLATLY STACKED, an exploration and celebration of the less-well-endowed woman in an era of voluptuousness for TVOntario and The Documentary Channel. She then produced and narrated MEET THE SUMDEES, a P.O.V. exploration of a cross-cultural marriage for Vision TV, PENIS DEMENTIA: The Search for the Perfect Penis and STACKED LIKE ME: Walk a Mile in My Double-D's for Discovery Health, Life Network, Canal Vie and SBS Australia. In 2003, Ms. Holm produced GENUINE ARTICLE: The First Trial with director David Bezmozgis for The Documentary Channel and W Network, and in 2005 the 9X30min HD series DRIVEN BY VISION for Vision TV.

Judy Holm has produced the feature length documentary 100 FILMS & A FUNERAL for The Documentary Channel, Sundance Channel and AVRO, and she is currently producing Season 2 of DRIVEN BY VISION for VisionTV. The feature length documentary ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT is in development.

On the feature film front Ms. Holm co-wrote a treatment for THE RETURN OF THE FABULOUS SEVEN with Michael McNamara, and is producing the feature SLEEPYHEAD for Markham Street Films. She is also producing the feature VICTORIA DAY with writer/director David Bezmozgis (Natasha and Other Stories).


CREDITS

Current Productions

DRIVEN BY VISION , Season II - 2007 - Vision TV

Recent Production Credits

Feature Length Documentary

100 FILMS & A FUNERAL - 2007 - Documentary Channel, Sundance, AVRO

Documentary Series

DRIVEN BY VISION , Season I - 2005 - Vision TV

Documentaries

STACKED LIKE ME: Walk a Mile in My Double-D's - 2005 - Discovery Health, Life, Canal Vie, SBS   

PENIS DEMENTIA: The Search for the Perfect Penis - 2005 - Discovery Health, Life, Canal Vie, SBS

MEET THE SUMDEES - 2004 - Vision TV

FLATLY STACKED - 2004 - TVOntario, The Documentary Channel

RADIO REVOLUTION : The Rise & Fall of The Big 8 - 2003 - History Television

GENUINE ARTICLE: The First Trial - 2003 - The Documentary Channel, W Network

HEARING VOICES: The Lives and Times of Rich Little - 2002 - CBC

WRINKLE - 2001 - CBC Newsworld

Short Documentary

JOHN SCOTT: Art & Justice - 2000 - CBC

Feature Film

THE COCKROACH THAT ATE CINCINNATI - 1998 - Theatrical/Bravo!


AWARDS

SHRINES & HOMEMADE HOLY PLACES a.k.a. Driven By Vision
• 2006 Chris Awards – Honourable Mention (Humanities)

RADIO REVOLUTION: The Rise & Fall of The Big 8
• 2004 Gemini Award – Best History Program or Series