About

Joanne learned how far she would go to get a story when she let a fetishist lick her feet for a documentary entitled, “For the Love of Feet” – an undergraduate project for Ryerson’s Radio and Television Arts program.

Since graduating in 2001, she has been working steadily in the Canadian television industry as researcher, associate producer, and writer/director for factual entertainment, docu-drama and full-length documentary productions airing on National Geographic, A&E, History Channel and the Discovery Channel.   Interested in sub-cultures that arise out of blue-collar factory towns and exploring the ways that women defy stereotypes in an expression of third wave feminism, Joanne is currently developing a documentary with the NFB about an all female punk rock band from Hamilton who are mothers

Joanne is currently pursuing an MFA in Documentary Media at Ryerson.  Her thesis project takes a stylish, cheeky, sexy look at sex positive feminism through interviews with top female porn directors.