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Cynthia Wade

Cynthia Wade

Actor, Director, Producer

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Biography

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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26 wins and 3 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

4

Type

Year

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2013Self - Nominee

Festival Road Trip Poster

Festival Road Trip TV Series2008Director, 'Mondays at Racine'

The 80th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 80th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2008Self - Winner

Grist for the Mill Poster

Grist for the Mill Documentary1999

Director

27

Type

Year

Good Enough Ancestor Poster

Good Enough Ancestor Short Film2024

MerPeople Poster

MerPeople TV Series2023

Gutsy TV Series2022

Mbc Unspoken TV Series2022

The Flagmakers Poster

The Flagmakers Short Film2022

Sproutland Poster

Sproutland Short Film2021

Beyond Blue: Barbara's MPN Story Poster

Beyond Blue: Barbara's MPN Story Short Film2018

Gravity: Scott & Amy's MPN Story & Role of Caregiving Short Film2018

Grit Documentary2018

Invisible: Taja's MPN Story Short Film2018

Something So Rare: Four Unique MPN Stories Short Film2018

Hep C Free Poster

Hep C Free Short Film2017

Generation Startup Poster

Generation Startup Documentary2016

#EndTheMommyWars Short Film2015

Heart Felt Documentary2015

Selfie Documentary2014

Mondays at Racine Poster

Mondays at Racine Short Film2012

Whole New Person Short Film2012

Wrestling the Monster: Living with Hepatic Encephalopathy Poster

Wrestling the Monster: Living with Hepatic Encephalopathy Documentary2012

Growing Hope Against Hunger Poster

Growing Hope Against Hunger TV Movie2011

Born Sweet Poster

Born Sweet Short Film2010

Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of Milton Hershey School TV Movie2009

Freeheld Poster

Freeheld Short Film2007

Shelter Dogs Poster

Shelter Dogs Documentary2003

Grist for the Mill Poster

Grist for the Mill Documentary1999

Almost Home Documentary1995

America Undercover Poster

America Undercover TV Series1993

Producer

16

Type

Year

MerPeople Poster

MerPeople TV Series2023

The Flagmakers Poster

The Flagmakers Short Film2022

Grit Documentary2018

Out in Alabama Poster

Out in Alabama Documentary2016

Freeheld Poster

Freeheld Feature Film2015

The Gnomist Poster

The Gnomist Short Film2015

Mondays at Racine Poster

Mondays at Racine Short Film2012

Born Sweet Poster

Born Sweet Short Film2010

Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of Milton Hershey School TV Movie2009

Freeheld Poster

Freeheld Short Film2007

Gender Rebel Poster

Gender Rebel Documentary2006

Buff Brides Poster

Buff Brides TV Series2003

Shelter Dogs Poster

Shelter Dogs Documentary2003

Grist for the Mill Poster

Grist for the Mill Documentary1999

Almost Home Documentary1995

Biography Poster

Biography TV Series1987

Cinematographer

17

Type

Year

Mondays at Racine Poster

Mondays at Racine Short Film2012

Born Sweet Poster

Born Sweet Short Film2010

Forget Me Nots Documentary2010

Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of Milton Hershey School TV Movie2009

In the Family Poster

In the Family Documentary2008

Freeheld Poster

Freeheld Short Film2007

Lookalike Short Film2004

Risk/Reward Poster

Risk/Reward Documentary2003

Shelter Dogs Poster

Shelter Dogs Documentary2003

The Collector of Bedford Street Poster

The Collector of Bedford Street Documentary2002

Parole: Prison Without Bars Documentary2000

Grist for the Mill Poster

Grist for the Mill Documentary1999

Taken In: Lives of America's Foster Children Feature Film1998

Almost Home Documentary1995

Out of My Mind Short Film1995

Ancient Mysteries Poster

Ancient Mysteries TV Series1994

P.O.V. TV Series1988

Camera and Electrical Department

6

Type

Year

The Flagmakers Poster

The Flagmakers Short Film2022

Grit Documentary2018

My So-Called Enemy Poster

My So-Called Enemy Documentary2010

The Recruiter Poster

The Recruiter Documentary2008

Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family Poster

Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family Documentary2004

Buff Brides Poster

Buff Brides TV Series2003

Editorial Department

2

Type

Year

Freeheld Poster

Freeheld Short Film2007

Shelter Dogs Poster

Shelter Dogs Documentary2003

Editor

2

Grist for the Mill Poster

Grist for the Mill Documentary1999

Almost Home Documentary1995

Thanks

2

Loot Documentary2008

Street Fight Poster

Street Fight Documentary2005

Other Crew

2

Out in Alabama Poster

Out in Alabama Documentary2016

The LuLu Sessions Poster

The LuLu Sessions Documentary2011

Sound Department

1

Parole: Prison Without Bars Documentary2000

Writer

1

Sproutland Poster

Sproutland Short Film2021

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