Cynthia Wade

Producer, Regisseur

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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Freeheld
    Freeheld2015
  • Freeheld
    Freeheld2007
  • Generation Startup
    Generation Startup2016

Known For

  • Gutsy
    Gutsy1 season
  • MerPeople
    MerPeople1 season
  • Freeheld
    Freeheld2007
  • Freeheld
    Freeheld2015
  • Mondays at Racine
    Mondays at Racine2012
  • The Flagmakers
    The Flagmakers2022
  • Generation Startup
    Generation Startup2016
  • Grit
    Grit2018
  • Born Sweet
    Born Sweet2010
  • America Undercover
    America Undercover1 season

Cinematografie

2023
MerPeople · as Executive Producer
2022
2018
2015
FreeheldOp Plex
2012
2010
2007
FreeheldOp Plex
2003