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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 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>
Johnny Symons is a [[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><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 news|title=THE 25th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_25th_nominations.pdf|accessdate=July 24, 2017|agency=National Television Academy|issue=25|publisher=National Television Academy|date=July 8, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa|url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/daddyandpapa|website=PBS}}</ref> Ask Not<ref>{{cite book|last1=Frank|first1=Dr. Nathaniel|title=Gays in foreign militaries 2010: A global primer|date=February 2010|publisher=Palm Center, Blueprints for Sound Public Policy|url=https://www.academia.edu/1826583/Gays_in_foreign_militaries_2010_A_global_primer}}</ref>, 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 news|title=THE 25th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_25th_nominations.pdf|accessdate=July 24, 2017|agency=National Television Academy|issue=25|publisher=National Television Academy|date=July 8, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa|url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/daddyandpapa|website=PBS}}</ref> Ask Not<ref>{{cite book|last1=Frank|first1=Dr. Nathaniel|title=Gays in foreign militaries 2010: A global primer|date=February 2010|publisher=Palm Center, Blueprints for Sound Public Policy|url=https://www.academia.edu/1826583/Gays_in_foreign_militaries_2010_A_global_primer}}</ref>, 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>
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* Artist-in-Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2015-2016
* Artist-in-Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2015-2016
* Groundbreaker Award for Commitment to LGBTQ Family Equality, Our Family Coalition, 2011
* Groundbreaker Award for Commitment to LGBTQ Family Equality, Our Family Coalition, 2011
* GLAAD Media Awards- Winner Best Documentary, 2008 - Ask Not
* Spokane GLBT Film Festival- Winner Audience Choice Award for Best Film, 2008 - Ask Not
* OutTakes (NZ)- Winner Audience Award for Best Documentary, 2008 - Ask Not
* Melbourne Queer Film Festival- Winner Selector's Choice Award, 2008 - Ask Not
* San Francisco International Film Festival- Golden Gate Award Nominee, 2008 - Ask Not
* National Emmy Nomination: Best Documentary, 2003 - Daddy & Papa
* Grand Jury Prize Nominee, Sundance Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Golden Gate Award, Best First Person Documentary, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Audience Award FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY, Florida Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Documentary Most Likely To Change The World, Detroit Docs Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Breaking The Mold Award, Newport Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Best Documentary, Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Best Documentary, Dallas OUTTakes, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Best Documentary, Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Best Documentary, University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Audience Award For Best Documentary, Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Audience Award For Best Feature, Out at the Movies, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Audience Award For Best Independent Documentary, ImageOut/Rochester Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Audience Award For Best FILM, Audience Award For Best Independent Documentary, Orinda Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Best Documentary, North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2002 - Daddy & Papa
* Gold Apple, National Educational Media Network, 1997 - Beauty Before Age
* Certificate Of Merit, International Documentary Association, 1997 - Beauty Before Age
* Grand Prize, University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, 1997 - Beauty Before Age
* Award of Recognition, Missouri Video Festival, 1997 - Beauty Before Age
* Special Jury Prize: First Runner Up For Outstanding Film, In the LifeShort Film and Video Competition, 1996 - Shaving the Castro
* Best Documentary, Turin International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 1994 - Out in Africa




Revision as of 20:16, 31 July 2017

  • 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 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][10] Ask Not[11], his award-winning feature-length documentary about the impact of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US military[12], aired on PBS's Independent Lens[13]. 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.[14]

Filmography:

  • OUT RUN[15] (2016)
  • ASK NOT[16] (2008)
  • BEYOND CONCEPTION[17] (2006)
  • DADDY & PAPA [18][19] (2002)
  • BEAUTY BEFORE AGE[20][21] (1997)
  • SHAVING THE CASTRO[22] (1995)
  • OUT IN AFRICA[23] (1994)

Awards:

  • Presidential Award, San Francisco State University, 2017
  • Best Cinematography Award, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2016 - Out Run
  • Artist-in-Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2015-2016
  • Groundbreaker Award for Commitment to LGBTQ Family Equality, Our Family Coalition, 2011


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. ^ "THE 25th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY" (PDF). No. 25. National Television Academy. National Television Academy. July 8, 2004. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  10. ^ "Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa". PBS.
  11. ^ Frank, Dr. Nathaniel (February 2010). Gays in foreign militaries 2010: A global primer. Palm Center, Blueprints for Sound Public Policy.
  12. ^ Newsweek Staff. "WORTH IT: PBS DOCUMENTARY ON DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL". Newsweek. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  13. ^ Perry, Tony. "Review: 'Independent Lens: Ask Not' on KCET". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  14. ^ MITCHELL, ELVIS. "FILM REVIEW; Following South Africa's Wrenching Road to Truth". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "Films: TWIST features focus on queer APIs, Mekong a violent flick". The International Examiner. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Ask Not". SF360.
  17. ^ Koehler, Robert. "Review: 'Beyond Conception: Men Having Babies". Variety.
  18. ^ Bajko, Matthew S. "Gay dads gain visibility". The Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  19. ^ Takács, Judit (2011). DOING FAMILIES: Gay and Lesbian Family Practices. Peace Institute, Open Society Foundation. p. 14.
  20. ^ Romesburg, Don (2013). "The Glass Coffin". Studies in Gender & Sexuality. 14 (2: What Age Is Desire?): 163–174.
  21. ^ Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). Media Queered: Visibility and its Discontents. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. p. 10.
  22. ^ "Shaving the Castro". Stanford Department of Art & Art History.
  23. ^ "Production Credits". Iris Films.
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