Cynthia Wade
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GenderFemale
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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, N…
Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story
2026 · Director
Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story
2026 · Executive Producer
Admission Possible
2026 · Executive Producer
Good Enough Ancestor
2024 · Director
MerPeople
2023 · Director
The Flagmakers
2022 · Director
The Flagmakers
2022 · Producer
Sproutland
2021 · Director
Grit
2018 · Director
Grit
2018 · Producer
Generation Startup
2016 · Director
Freeheld
2015 · Producer
Heart Felt
2015 · Director
The Gnomist
2015 · Producer
Mondays at Racine
2012 · Director
Mondays at Racine
2012 · Producer
Mondays at Racine
2012 · Cinematography
Born Sweet
2010 · Director
In the Family
2008 · Director of Photography
Freeheld
2007 · Director
Freeheld
2007 · Producer
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
2005 · Additional Camera
Shelter Dogs
2003 · Director
The Collector of Bedford Street
2002 · Director of Photography
Grist for the Mill
1999
Grist for the Mill
1999 · Editor
Grist for the Mill
1999 · Producer
Grist for the Mill
1999 · Director
Grist for the Mill
1999 · Director of Photography
The Oscars
1953 · Self
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