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Johnny Symons is a Bay Area [[Documentary film|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|last1=Cruz|first1=Gospel|title=Professor Johnny Symons’ ‘Out Run’ inspires at international film fests|url=https://news.sfsu.edu/news-story/professor-johnny-symons%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98out-run%E2%80%99-inspires-international-film-fests|website=San Francisco State University|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>, where he runs the documentary program and is the director and co-founder of the Queer Cinema Institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queer Cinema Institute|url=http://queercinemainstitute.sfsu.edu/|website=San Francisco State University}}</ref> He has served as a Fellow in the [[Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program|Sundance Institute’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>
Johnny Symons is a Bay Area [[Documentary film|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|last1=Cruz|first1=Gospel|title=Professor Johnny Symons’ ‘Out Run’ inspires at international film fests|url=https://news.sfsu.edu/news-story/professor-johnny-symons%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98out-run%E2%80%99-inspires-international-film-fests|website=San Francisco State University|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>, where he runs the documentary program and is the director and co-founder of the Queer Cinema Institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queer Cinema Institute|url=http://queercinemainstitute.sfsu.edu/|website=San Francisco State University}}</ref> He has served as a Fellow in the [[Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program|Sundance Institute’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 latest film Out Run<ref>{{cite web|last1=MATZEN|first1=KELSEY|title=LGBTQ+ filmmakers screen documentary for National Coming Out Day|url=http://goldengatexpress.org/2016/10/19/lgbtq-filmmakers-screen-documentary-for-national-coming-out-day/|website=Golden Gate Express|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>, co-directed with award-winning filmmaker [[S. Leo Chiang]], premiered at the [[Full Frame Documentary Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wissot|first1=Lauren|title=Directors Leo Chiang and Johnny Symons Talk Screening LGBT Doc Out Run in Boycott State North Carolina|url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/98109-directors-leo-chiang-johnny-symons-talk-screening-lgbt-doc-out-run-in-boycott-state-north-carolina/|website=Filmmaker Magazine|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref> and won Best Cinematography for a Feature Length Documentary Film at the [[Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival]]. His documentary [[Daddy & Papa]], about the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men raising children, premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], broadcast on PBS’s [[Independent Lens]], and was nominated for a national [[Emmy|Emmy®]] for Best Documentary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa|url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/daddyandpapa|website=PBS}}</ref> Ask Not, his award-winning feature-length documentary about the impact of the "[[don't ask, don't tell]]" policy in the US military, aired on PBS's Independent Lens<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perry|first1=Tony|title=Review: 'Independent Lens: Ask Not' on KCET|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/23/entertainment/et-asknot23|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>. Beyond Conception, a feature documentary about the relationship between a lesbian surrogate and a gay male couple, broadcast on [[Discovery Channel]]. Symons was co-producer of [[Long Night's Journey Into Day]], which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an [[Academy Award|Academy Award®]] for Best Feature Documentary.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MITCHELL|first1=ELVIS|title=FILM REVIEW; Following South Africa's Wrenching Road to Truth|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E04EFDD163CF93AA15750C0A9669C8B63|website=The New York Times}}</ref>
His latest film Out Run<ref>{{cite web|last1=MATZEN|first1=KELSEY|title=LGBTQ+ filmmakers screen documentary for National Coming Out Day|url=http://goldengatexpress.org/2016/10/19/lgbtq-filmmakers-screen-documentary-for-national-coming-out-day/|website=Golden Gate Express|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>, co-directed with award-winning filmmaker [[S. Leo Chiang]], premiered at the [[Full Frame Documentary Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wissot|first1=Lauren|title=Directors Leo Chiang and Johnny Symons Talk Screening LGBT Doc Out Run in Boycott State North Carolina|url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/98109-directors-leo-chiang-johnny-symons-talk-screening-lgbt-doc-out-run-in-boycott-state-north-carolina/|website=Filmmaker Magazine|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref> and won Best Cinematography for a Feature Length Documentary Film at the [[Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=MYERS|first1=RANDY|title=Frameline 2016: 10 films to see at ‘King of Queer’ film festivals|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/06/06/frameline-2016-10-films-to-see-at-king-of-queer-film-festivals/|website=The Mercury News|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref> His documentary [[Daddy & Papa]], about the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men raising children, premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], broadcast on PBS’s [[Independent Lens]], and was nominated for a national [[Emmy|Emmy®]] for Best Documentary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa|url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/daddyandpapa|website=PBS}}</ref> Ask Not, his award-winning feature-length documentary about the impact of the "[[don't ask, don't tell]]" policy in the US military, aired on PBS's Independent Lens<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perry|first1=Tony|title=Review: 'Independent Lens: Ask Not' on KCET|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/23/entertainment/et-asknot23|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>. Beyond Conception, a feature documentary about the relationship between a lesbian surrogate and a gay male couple, broadcast on [[Discovery Channel]]. Symons was co-producer of [[Long Night's Journey Into Day]], which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an [[Academy Award|Academy Award®]] for Best Feature Documentary.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MITCHELL|first1=ELVIS|title=FILM REVIEW; Following South Africa's Wrenching Road to Truth|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E04EFDD163CF93AA15750C0A9669C8B63|website=The New York Times}}</ref>


== Filmography: ==
== Filmography: ==


* OUT RUN<ref>{{cite web|title=Out Run Movie|url=http://outrunmovie.com/|website=Out Run Movie}}</ref> (2016)
* OUT RUN<ref>{{cite web|last1=WINFREY|first1=YAYOI LENA|url=http://www.iexaminer.org/2016/10/films-twist-features-focus-on-queer-apis-mekong-a-violent-flick/|website=The International Examiner|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref> (2016)
* ASK NOT<ref>{{cite web|title=Ask Not|url=http://www.sf360.org/?pageid=11087|website=SF360}}</ref> (2008)
* ASK NOT<ref>{{cite web|title=Ask Not|url=http://www.sf360.org/?pageid=11087|website=SF360}}</ref> (2008)
* BEYOND CONCEPTION<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=Review: ‘Beyond Conception: Men Having Babies|url=http://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/beyond-conception-men-having-babies-1200514683/|website=Variety}}</ref> (2006)
* BEYOND CONCEPTION<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=Review: ‘Beyond Conception: Men Having Babies|url=http://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/beyond-conception-men-having-babies-1200514683/|website=Variety}}</ref> (2006)

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  • Comment: The references present here are all primary sources, not reliable source coverage. For example, a university professor does not get a Wikipedia article just because he has a staff profile on the website of the university he's a professor at, and a filmmaker does not get a Wikipedia article just because he has an IMDb profile -- he needs to be the subject of media coverage about him to earn a Wikipedia article for either of those things. Bearcat (talk) 17:03, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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 the director and co-founder of the Queer Cinema Institute.[2] He has served as a Fellow in the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program.[3]

His latest film Out Run[4], co-directed with award-winning filmmaker S. Leo Chiang, premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival[5] and won Best Cinematography for a Feature Length Documentary Film at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.[6] His documentary Daddy & Papa, about the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men raising children, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens, and was nominated for a national Emmy® for Best Documentary.[7] Ask Not, his award-winning feature-length documentary about the impact of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US military, aired on PBS's Independent Lens[8]. Beyond Conception, a feature documentary about the relationship between a lesbian surrogate and a gay male couple, broadcast on Discovery Channel. Symons was co-producer of Long Night's Journey Into Day, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Feature Documentary.[9]

Filmography:

  • OUT RUN[10] (2016)
  • ASK NOT[11] (2008)
  • BEYOND CONCEPTION[12] (2006)
  • DADDY & PAPA (2002)
  • BEAUTY BEFORE AGE[13] (1997)
  • SHAVING THE CASTRO[14] (1995)
  • OUT IN AFRICA[15] (1994)

References

  1. ^ Cruz, Gospel. "Professor Johnny Symons' 'Out Run' inspires at international film fests". San Francisco State University. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Queer Cinema Institute". San Francisco State University.
  3. ^ "DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM PROVIDES $1.5 MM IN GRANT SUPPORT TO FILMMAKERS IN FY2014". Sundance Institute.
  4. ^ MATZEN, KELSEY. "LGBTQ+ filmmakers screen documentary for National Coming Out Day". Golden Gate Express. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. ^ Wissot, Lauren. "Directors Leo Chiang and Johnny Symons Talk Screening LGBT Doc Out Run in Boycott State North Carolina". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  6. ^ MYERS, RANDY. "Frameline 2016: 10 films to see at 'King of Queer' film festivals". The Mercury News. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa". PBS.
  8. ^ Perry, Tony. "Review: 'Independent Lens: Ask Not' on KCET". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. ^ MITCHELL, ELVIS. "FILM REVIEW; Following South Africa's Wrenching Road to Truth". The New York Times.
  10. ^ WINFREY, YAYOI LENA. The International Examiner http://www.iexaminer.org/2016/10/films-twist-features-focus-on-queer-apis-mekong-a-violent-flick/. Retrieved 20 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "Ask Not". SF360.
  12. ^ Koehler, Robert. "Review: 'Beyond Conception: Men Having Babies". Variety.
  13. ^ "Beauty Before Age IMDB". IMDB.
  14. ^ "Shaving the Castro". Stanford Department of Art & Art History.
  15. ^ "Production Credits". Iris Films.
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