Nicole Bazuin
Nicole Bazuin is a Canadian photographer and documentary filmmaker, most noted for her creative collaborations with Andrea Werhun.[1]
The daughter of Dan Bazuin, a former owner of the Toronto independent bookstore This Ain't the Rosedale Library,[2] she began her career as a photographer and director of short films.
She first became widely known for her photographic illustrations in Werhun's book Modern Whore, a memoir of Werhun's time as a sex worker.[3] She then collaborated with Werhun on the short films Modern Whore and Last Night at the Strip Club, which further documented Werhun's sex work.[4]
In 2022, Werhun and Bazuin published an updated edition of the book version of Modern Whore.[5]
In 2023 she directed Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie, a short documentary film about artist Kitoko Mai.[6] The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2023.[7]
A full-length feature film expansion of Modern Whore premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.[8] In December 2025, Bazuin was named the recipient of the Documentary Organization of Canada's annual Vanguard Award for an emerging talent in Canadian documentary filmmaking.[9]
At the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026, Bazuin won the award for Best Editing in a Documentary, for Modern Whore.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Wilson Kwong, "Fantasia Film Festival 2021: Interview With Director Nicole Bazuin Of LAST NIGHT AT THE STRIP CLUB". Film Inquiry, August 25, 2021.
- ↑ Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin, "Street Meat Stories". Hazlitt, June 9, 2022.
- ↑ Patricia Kozicka, "Andrea Werhun: 'It’s a really good time to talk about sex work'". The Guardian, December 21, 2017.
- ↑ Juan Barquin, "Fantasia 2021: The subversive erotic shorts of Botanicum Eroticorum". The Spool, September 1, 2021.
- ↑ Radheyan Simonpillai, "All new Modern Whore is like The Godfather Part II of sex work memoirs". Now, May 3, 2022.
- ↑ Gisselle Palomera, "Artist Kitoko Mai explores dissociative identity disorder through art". News Is Out, April 13, 2023.
- ↑ Pat Mullen, "TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Includes BlackBerry, Solo, Humanist Vampire". That Shelf, December 6, 2023.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Ben Proudfoot’s Obamas-Backed ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ to Open Toronto Fest Doc Program". The Hollywood Reporter, August 6, 2025.
- ↑ Pat Mullen, "Nicole Bazuin, Justine Pimlott to Receive DOC Institute Honours". Point of View, December 4, 2025.
- ↑ Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ’26: R.T. Thorne’s 40 Acres leads cinematic arts winners". Playback, May 28, 2026.
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[edit]- 21st-century Canadian photographers
- 21st-century Canadian women photographers
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Artists from Toronto
- Film directors from Toronto
- Living people
- Best Editing in a Documentary Canadian Screen Award winners
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