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'''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>


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'''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>
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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=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E04EFDD163CF93AA15750C0A9669C8B63|website=The New York Times}}</ref>


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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=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E04EFDD163CF93AA15750C0A9669C8B63|website=The New York Times}}</ref>
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== Filmography ==

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== Filmography ==


* OUT RUN<ref>{{cite web|title=Films: TWIST features focus on queer APIs, Mekong a violent flick|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)
* OUT RUN<ref>{{cite web|title=Films: TWIST features focus on queer APIs, Mekong a violent flick|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)
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* BEYOND CONCEPTION<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=Review: ‘Beyond Conception: Men Having Babies|url=https://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=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/beyond-conception-men-having-babies-1200514683/|website=Variety}}</ref> (2006)
* DADDY & PAPA <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> (2002)
* DADDY & PAPA <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> (2002)
* 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 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)
* 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)


== Awards: ==
== Awards ==
* Presidential Award, [[San Francisco State University]], 2017
* Presidential Award, [[San Francisco State University]], 2017
* Best Cinematography Award, [[Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival]], 2016 - Out Run
* Best Cinematography Award, [[Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival]], 2016 - Out Run
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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

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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