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Cynthia Wade

Overview

Cynthia Wade's 2008 documentary Freeheld won a 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and 13 other awards. She was a lead producer on the 2015 fictionalized adaptation of Freeheld, starring Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell and Michael Shannon. Wade's 2013 HBO documentary Mondays at Racine was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013. She is the director of the documentaries Grist for the Mill (1999, HBO), Shelter Dogs (2004, HBO), Born Sweet (2009), Living the Legacy (2009, Sundance Channel) and Generation Startup (2016, Netflix), Grit (2019, PBS) and producer of The Gnomist (2015, CNN). She holds a BA from Smith College and an MA in Documentary Film Production from Stanford University. Wade has won more than 50 film awards worldwide.

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Acting
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Directing
2024 Good Enough Ancestor Directing Director N/A
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2022 The Flagmakers Directing Director 59
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2021 Sproutland Directing Director N/A
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2018 Grit Directing Director 59
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2016 Generation Startup Directing Director 59
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2015 Heart Felt Directing Director N/A
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2012 Mondays at Racine Directing Director 59
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2010 Born Sweet Directing Director 59
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2007 Freeheld Directing Director 58
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2003 Shelter Dogs Directing Director N/A
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1999 Grist for the Mill Directing Director N/A
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Production
2022 The Flagmakers Production Producer 59
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2018 Grit Production Producer 59
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2015 Freeheld Production Producer 66
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2015 The Gnomist Production Producer 59
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2007 Freeheld Production Producer 58
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1999 Grist for the Mill Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2008 In the Family Camera Director of Photography 59
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2005 Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family Camera Additional Camera 59
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2002 The Collector of Bedford Street Camera Director of Photography 59
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Editing
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