Joanne is a writer/director from Scarborough, Ontario. A chubby, awkward kid with a wild imagination and a big heart, she now tells unique stories about female outsiders. Joanne easily adapts to different genres and mediums, and has found, on the other side of traumatizing events, an empathy that has made her a better artist. She has over ten years of experience creating documentary and commercial content. She has written or directed for brands such as CBC/Radio-Canada, Boat Rocker Media, Flare Magazine, and Deloitte. Her film SCREEN TEST 4 screened at the Images Film Festival. Joanne participated in DOC Institute’s Breakthrough Program and was selected to pitch her project, THE LITTER GUY, at Planet In Focus Festival‘s Green Pitch, where she was runner-up. Projects she has worked on as part of the editorial team have aired on The Food Network and at the Images Film Festival, TIFF, and the Boston Film Festival. With her short film NIGHT SHIFT and writing her first television series, SCARLEM, she is moving away from commercial work to hone her voice through these deeply personal projects.