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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<ref>{{cite web|title=School of Cinema Faculty: Johnny Symons|url=https://cinema.sfsu.edu/people/faculty/johnny-symons|website=San Francisco State University}}</ref>, where he runs the documentary program and is a co-founder of the Queer Cinema Institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queer Cinema Institue|url=http://queercinemainstitute.sfsu.edu/|website=San Francisco State University}}</ref> He has served as a Fellow in the SUNDANCE INSTITUTE’s Documentary Film Program.
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<ref>{{cite web|title=School of Cinema Faculty: Johnny Symons|url=https://cinema.sfsu.edu/people/faculty/johnny-symons|website=San Francisco State University}}</ref>, where he runs the documentary program and is a co-founder of the Queer Cinema Institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queer Cinema Institue|url=http://queercinemainstitute.sfsu.edu/|website=San Francisco State University}}</ref> He has served as a Fellow in the Sundance Institutes’s Documentary Film Program.<ref>{{cite web|title=DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM PROVIDES $1.5 MM IN GRANT SUPPORT TO FILMMAKERS IN FY2014|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/documentary-film-program-provides-1-5-mm-in-grant-support-to-filmmakers-in|website=Sundance Institute}}</ref>


His documentaries include: DADDY & PAPA<ref>{{cite web|title=Daddy & Papa|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_%26_Papa|website=Wikipedia}}</ref>, 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daddy & Papa . Filmmaker Q & A|url=http://www.pbs.org independentlens/daddyandpapa/qanda.html|website=Public Broadcasting Service|accessdate=July 7 2017}}</ref> 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.
His documentaries include: DADDY & PAPA<ref>{{cite web|title=Daddy & Papa|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_%26_Papa|website=Wikipedia}}</ref>, 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daddy & Papa. Filmmaker Q & A. |url=http://www.pbs.org independentlens/daddyandpapa/qanda.html|website=Public Broadcasting Service}}</ref> 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: ==
== Filmography: ==
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* "Queer Cinema Institute." SFSU. http://queercinemainstitute.sfsu.edu/
* "Queer Cinema Institute." SFSU. http://queercinemainstitute.sfsu.edu/
* "School of Cinema Faculty: Johnny Symons." SFSU. https://cinema.sfsu.edu/people/faculty/johnny-symons
* "School of Cinema Faculty: Johnny Symons." SFSU. https://cinema.sfsu.edu/people/faculty/johnny-symons
* "DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM PROVIDES $1.5 MM IN GRANT SUPPORT TO FILMMAKERS IN FY2014." Sundance Institute. https://www.sundance.org/blogs/documentary-film-program-provides-1-5-mm-in-grant-support-to-filmmakers-in


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

[https://www.newday.com/filmmaker/51 New Day Films: Johnny Symons Page]

Revision as of 00:44, 8 July 2017

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[1], where he runs the documentary program and is a co-founder of the Queer Cinema Institute.[2] He has served as a Fellow in the Sundance Institutes’s Documentary Film Program.[3]

His documentaries include: DADDY & PAPA[4], 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.[5] 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:

  • OUT RUN[6] (2016)
  • ASK NOT[7] (2008)
  • BEYOND CONCEPTION (2006)
  • DADDY & PAPA[8] (2002)
  • BEAUTY BEFORE AGE[9] (1997)
  • SHAVING THE CASTRO (1995)
  • OUT IN AFRICA[10] (1994)

References

  1. ^ "School of Cinema Faculty: Johnny Symons". San Francisco State University.
  2. ^ "Queer Cinema Institue". San Francisco State University.
  3. ^ "DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM PROVIDES $1.5 MM IN GRANT SUPPORT TO FILMMAKERS IN FY2014". Sundance Institute.
  4. ^ "Daddy & Papa". Wikipedia.
  5. ^ independentlens/daddyandpapa/qanda.html "Daddy & Papa. Filmmaker Q & A." Public Broadcasting Service. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. ^ "Out Run Movie". Out Run Movie.
  7. ^ "Ask Not". SF360.
  8. ^ "Daddy & Papa". Wikipedia.
  9. ^ "Beauty Before Age IMDB". IMDB.
  10. ^ "Production Credits". Iris Films.
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