Hello! My name is Margarita Brodie. Some have called me an autodidact. Others have dubbed me a creative factotum. All I can say about myself with complete certainty is, I am a person who loves to transform ordinary things into visual works of art. Throw out a children's play set, and I'll turn it into an 8' mask. Write me a song, and I'll direct a musical. Give me a text, and I'll imagine its world into bold, textured space. Hand me a paintbrush, and I'm bound to get a little paint on my brow.
In every case, I love making things that tell stories with soul and that stir wonder in the audiences who behold them. And I love making these things with other people.
After a gap year spent interning with the Toronto International Film Festival, I attended the three-year Set & Costume Design Program at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. Upon graduating in May 2020, I received the Ada Slaight Award for Leadership and Empathy while working in French and English. Since then I have worked across a variety of mediums including film, tv, theatre, circus, and illustration. I divide my time between Toronto and Montreal.
In case you were curious about the mask...
Here I am in the mouth of dear "Yosemite", who enjoyed the suburban breeze against his gigantic face while being transported to and fro on the roofs of our mothers' cars from November, 2015 to January, 2016. RIP.
