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Johnny Symons is a Bay Area documentary filmmaker focusing on LGBT cultural and political issues. He is a professor in the Cinema Department at SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, where he runs the documentary program and is a co-founder of the Queer Cinema Institute. He has served as a Fellow in the SUNDANCE INSTITUTE’s Documentary Film Program.

His documentaries include: DADDY & PAPA, about the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men raising children, which premiered at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, broadcast on PBS’ INDEPENDENT LENS, and was nominated for a national Emmy® for Best Documentary.[1] Ask Not, an award-winning feature-length documentary about the impact of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US military, aired on PBS’ Independent Lens. Beyond Conception, about the relationship between a lesbian surrogate and a gay male couple, broadcast on DISCOVERY CHANNEL.

Filmography:

  • ASK NOT[2] (2008)
  • BEYOND CONCEPTION (2006)
  • DADDY & PAPA[3] (2002)
  • BEAUTY BEFORE AGE[4] (1997)
  • SHAVING THE CASTRO (1995)
  • OUT IN AFRICA (1994)

References

New Day Films: Johnny Symons Page

  1. ^ independentlens/daddyandpapa/qanda.html "Daddy & Papa . Filmmaker Q & A". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved July 7 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Ask Not". SF360.
  3. ^ "Daddy & Papa". Wikipedia.
  4. ^ "Beauty Before Age IMDB". IMDB.