Cynthia Wade
Directing · Director · Additional Camera · Producer
Active 1999–present · Awards: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), The Smith College Medal
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
Admission Possible (2026) - Executive ProducerGamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story (2026) - Director · Executive ProducerGood Enough Ancestor (2024) - DirectorMerPeople (2023) - DirectorThe Flagmakers (2022) - Director · ProducerSproutland (2021) - DirectorGrit (2018) - Director · ProducerGeneration Startup (2016) - DirectorFreeheld (2015) - ProducerThe Gnomist (2015) - ProducerHeart Felt (2015) - DirectorMondays at Racine (2012) - Director · Producer · CinematographyBorn Sweet (2010) - DirectorIn the Family (2008) - Director of PhotographyFreeheld (2007) - Director · ProducerThree of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (2005) - Additional CameraShelter Dogs (2003) - DirectorThe Collector of Bedford Street (2002) - Director of PhotographyGrist for the Mill (1999) - Editor · Producer · Director · Director of Photography