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== References ==
== References ==
* "Daddy & Papa. Filmmaker Q & A". PBS. Retrieved 8. [http://www.pbs.org independentlens/daddyandpapa/qanda.html]
* “Daddy & Papa” Wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_%26_Papa]
* "Beauty Before Age." IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321404/
* Exploring LGBT History and Culture through Documentary Film with Johnny Symons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3gwenA2Mh4]
* Teaching Sociology Vol. 38, No. 3, JULY 2010[http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/27896539?sid=21105628981573&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&uid=3739808]
* "Ask Not" - SF360 [http://www.sf360.org/?pageid=11087]
* IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843386/]
* "Queer Cinema Institute." SFSU. http://queercinemainstitute.sfsu.edu/
* "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

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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[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, 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.[4] 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[5] (2016)
  • ASK NOT[6] (2008)
  • BEYOND CONCEPTION (2006)
  • DADDY & PAPA[7] (2002)
  • BEAUTY BEFORE AGE[8] (1997)
  • SHAVING THE CASTRO[9] (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. ^ "Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa". PBS.
  5. ^ "Out Run Movie". Out Run Movie.
  6. ^ "Ask Not". SF360.
  7. ^ "Daddy & Papa". Wikipedia.
  8. ^ "Beauty Before Age IMDB". IMDB.
  9. ^ "Shaving the Castro". Stanford Department of Art & Art History.
  10. ^ "Production Credits". Iris Films.