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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 received his BA from [[Brown University]] and his MA in documentary production from [[Stanford University]]. 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]].<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<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilkinson|first1=Kathleen|title=Choosing Fatherhood / Johnny Symons' "Daddy & Papa" looks at gay men becoming dads|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Choosing-Fatherhood-Johnny-Symons-Daddy-3237386.php|website=SF Gate|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>, 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<ref>{{cite web|last1=Newsweek Staff|title=WORTH IT: PBS DOCUMENTARY ON DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL|url=http://www.newsweek.com/worth-it-pbs-documentary-dont-ask-dont-tell-80659|website=Newsweek|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>, 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<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilkinson|first1=Kathleen|title=Choosing Fatherhood / Johnny Symons' "Daddy & Papa" looks at gay men becoming dads|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Choosing-Fatherhood-Johnny-Symons-Daddy-3237386.php|website=SF Gate|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Pullen|first1=Christopher|title=Documenting Gay Men: Identity and Performance in Reality Television and Documentary Film|date=2007|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, North Carolina, and London|pages=17-18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUHYBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4&dq=documenting+gay+men+christopher+pullen&source=bl&ots=9iFJyFpoMP&sig=JOS89vedgT_t98Y83PlbT2BxUKY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBh8bfuaXVAhUqj1QKHb2iDc4Q6AEIRDAK#v=onepage&q=documenting%20gay%20men%20christopher%20pullen&f=false}}</ref>, 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<ref>{{cite web|last1=Newsweek Staff|title=WORTH IT: PBS DOCUMENTARY ON DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL|url=http://www.newsweek.com/worth-it-pbs-documentary-dont-ask-dont-tell-80659|website=Newsweek|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>, 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: ==
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* 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)
* DADDY & PAPA (2002)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bajko|first1=Matthew S.|title=Gay dads gain visibility|url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3066|website=The Bay Area Reporter|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>
* DADDY & PAPA (2002)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bajko|first1=Matthew S.|title=Gay dads gain visibility|url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3066|website=The Bay Area Reporter|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Takács|first1=Judit|title=DOING FAMILIES: Gay and Lesbian Family Practices|date=2011|publisher=Peace Institute, Open Society Foundation|page=14}}</ref>
* BEAUTY BEFORE AGE<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Romesburg|first1=Don|title=The Glass Coffin|journal=Studies in Gender & Sexuality|date=2013|volume=14|issue=2: What Age Is Desire?|pages=163-174}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Barnhurst|first1=Kevin G.|title=Media Queered: Visibility and its Discontents|date=2007|publisher=Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.|location=New York|page=10}}</ref> (1997)
* BEAUTY BEFORE AGE<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty Before Age IMDB|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321404/|website=IMDB}}</ref> (1997)
* SHAVING THE CASTRO<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaving the Castro|url=https://art.stanford.edu/works/shaving-castro|website=Stanford Department of Art & Art History}}</ref> (1995)
* SHAVING THE CASTRO<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaving the Castro|url=https://art.stanford.edu/works/shaving-castro|website=Stanford Department of Art & Art History}}</ref> (1995)
* OUT IN AFRICA<ref>{{cite web|title=Production Credits|url=http://www.irisfilms.org/credits/|website=Iris Films}}</ref> (1994)
* OUT IN AFRICA<ref>{{cite web|title=Production Credits|url=http://www.irisfilms.org/credits/|website=Iris Films}}</ref> (1994)

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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 received his BA from Brown University and his MA in documentary production from Stanford University. 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[7][8], premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens, and was nominated for a national Emmy® for Best Documentary.[9] Ask Not, his award-winning feature-length documentary about the impact of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US military[10], aired on PBS's Independent Lens[11]. 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.[12]

Filmography:

  • OUT RUN[13] (2016)
  • ASK NOT[14] (2008)
  • BEYOND CONCEPTION[15] (2006)
  • DADDY & PAPA (2002)[16][17]
  • BEAUTY BEFORE AGE[18][19] (1997)
  • SHAVING THE CASTRO[20] (1995)
  • OUT IN AFRICA[21] (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. ^ Wilkinson, Kathleen. "Choosing Fatherhood / Johnny Symons' "Daddy & Papa" looks at gay men becoming dads". SF Gate. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. ^ Pullen, Christopher (2007). Documenting Gay Men: Identity and Performance in Reality Television and Documentary Film. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 17–18.
  9. ^ "Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa". PBS.
  10. ^ Newsweek Staff. "WORTH IT: PBS DOCUMENTARY ON DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL". Newsweek. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. ^ Perry, Tony. "Review: 'Independent Lens: Ask Not' on KCET". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  12. ^ MITCHELL, ELVIS. "FILM REVIEW; Following South Africa's Wrenching Road to Truth". The New York Times.
  13. ^ "Films: TWIST features focus on queer APIs, Mekong a violent flick". The International Examiner. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Ask Not". SF360.
  15. ^ Koehler, Robert. "Review: 'Beyond Conception: Men Having Babies". Variety.
  16. ^ Bajko, Matthew S. "Gay dads gain visibility". The Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  17. ^ Takács, Judit (2011). DOING FAMILIES: Gay and Lesbian Family Practices. Peace Institute, Open Society Foundation. p. 14.
  18. ^ Romesburg, Don (2013). "The Glass Coffin". Studies in Gender & Sexuality. 14 (2: What Age Is Desire?): 163–174.
  19. ^ Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). Media Queered: Visibility and its Discontents. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. p. 10.
  20. ^ "Shaving the Castro". Stanford Department of Art & Art History.
  21. ^ "Production Credits". Iris Films.
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