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