My name is Justine Olivia McCloskey. I graduated with honours from Toronto Metropolitan University's BFA Film Studies program in 2013, specializing in directing and production design. In 2012, I was awarded the prestigious Norman Jewison Award for Innovation in Filmmaking. I was also nominated for the 2013 Dean's Essay Award for my essay "Grete Suffraunce: Dysentery and The Crusades." Since then, my writing and photography have been published internationally.
After working as a Photographer and Video Producer at THP Agency, I attended the University of Toronto and received my MA in Art History while TA-ing media and photography courses with both UofT and OCADu. I recently worked as a Creative at HumanContact Inc. where I produced and directed commercials, radio spots, and internal content for clients across Canada. My OAC-funded still life food photo series will be exhibited this spring, and I am looking forward to completing my LIFT-funded short film this summer. As of September 2024, I am a candidate at U of Guelph for yet another MA, but this time in medieval women’s medicine.
You can typically find me amidst piles of cookbooks, camera in hand! Feel free to say hi!
Photo by Skye Morandin.