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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’S 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

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