Johnny Symons
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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
- ^ "School of Cinema Faculty: Johnny Symons". San Francisco State University.
- ^ "Queer Cinema Institue". San Francisco State University.
- ^ "DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM PROVIDES $1.5 MM IN GRANT SUPPORT TO FILMMAKERS IN FY2014". Sundance Institute.
- ^ "Independent Lens: Daddy & Papa". PBS.
- ^ "Out Run Movie". Out Run Movie.
- ^ "Ask Not". SF360.
- ^ "Daddy & Papa". Wikipedia.
- ^ "Beauty Before Age IMDB". IMDB.
- ^ "Shaving the Castro". Stanford Department of Art & Art History.
- ^ "Production Credits". Iris Films.