Christine Buijs

Christine is a filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario. As a child and teenager, she was passionately involved in theatre and playwriting and became enthralled with storytelling. She won her first playwriting competition through Tarragon Theatre while still in high school, and became a young Playwright-in-Residence at Tarragon. She went on to study photography at Sheridan College. After graduating, she focused on the entertainment and fashion industries, capturing portraits of subjects including Catherine Hardwicke, Karen Black, and Laura Vandervoort. Incorporating her love of writing, directing and photography, she turned to filmmaking. She started by working on music video sets and writing, directing, and shooting her own short films. In 2013 she was selected as one of four directors from across Canada to participate in the NSI Drama Prize Program with her original comedic short film, Divorce Photographer. She is also a graduate of the Women in the Director's Chair workshop (2013) and is developing her first feature film.