Cynthia Wade
Directing
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.
Known for
Freeheld
October 2, 2015
Freeheld
January 19, 2007
The Flagmakers
September 18, 2022
Mondays at Racine
April 20, 2012
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
October 19, 2005
Generation Startup
September 23, 2016
Grit
April 30, 2018
The Collector of Bedford Street
June 1, 2002
The Gnomist
April 24, 2015
In the Family
October 1, 2008
Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story
June 8, 2026
Behind the camera18
- 2026Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story Director, Executive Producer
- 2026Admission Possible Executive Producer
- 2024Good Enough Ancestor Director
- 2022The Flagmakers Director, Producer
- 2021Sproutland Director
- 2018Grit Director, Producer
- 2016Generation Startup Director
- 2015Freeheld Producer
- 2015Heart Felt Director
- 2015The Gnomist