Cynthia Wade
Directing · Director · Additional Camera · Producer
Active 1999–present
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.
Filmography
Freeheld (2015) — ProducerGrist for the Mill (1999) — Editor · Producer · Director · Director of PhotographyShelter Dogs (2003) — DirectorMerPeople (2023) — DirectorThe Collector of Bedford Street (2002) — Director of PhotographyGeneration Startup (2016) — DirectorMondays at Racine (2012) — Director · Producer · CinematographyIn the Family (2008) — Director of PhotographyFreeheld (2007) — Director · ProducerThree of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (2005) — Additional CameraThe Gnomist (2015) — ProducerBorn Sweet (2010) — DirectorGrit (2018) — Director · ProducerThe Flagmakers (2022) — Director · ProducerSproutland (2021) — DirectorGood Enough Ancestor (2024) — DirectorHeart Felt (2015) — DirectorAdmission Possible (2026) — Executive ProducerGamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story (2026) — Director · Executive Producer