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Biography
Kristin Waterson, credited professionally as D. W. Waterson or by her stage name hey! dw, is a Canadian DJ, writer, director, and web series creator. She is known for creating and directing the award-winning web series That's My DJ (2014–2017). She has won several awards for her work on That's My DJ, including the Best Director at the 2016 New York Television Festival.
Early life and education
Waterson attended Ryerson University for film school and subsequently lived in London for three months to explore the blossoming EDM scene there.
Career
Waterson has worked as a DJ and event promoter in Toronto for several years. In addition to DJ-ing, Waterson works as a post-production supervisor; she worked on the award-winning film Closet Monster in 2015, and also creates films and music videos.
She released her first web series, That's My DJ, in 2014. For her work on the series, she has won various accolades, including Best Director at the Vancouver Web Series Festival in 2017, and at the New York Television Festival in 2016. NOW Magazine called her series "well-produced, well-acted, and well-written." She has based some of the storyline for the series on her own experiences as an out lesbian in the entertainment field.
In 2016, Waterson penned an open letter to the CNE, condemning the festival for its lack of female musicians. In the letter, she wrote: "Let's balance these numbers out and inspire a new generation of little girls that yes they too can be rockstars." CNE general manager Virginia Ludy responded to the letter, calling it "self-serving" and denying that there is an issue, claiming "we have a lot of female performers."