Julie Wyman is an American director, cinematographer, and professor whose work is concerned with body image. She mainly makes documentary film and currently teaches at UC Davis as an associate professor of Cinema and Digital Media.
Early life and education Julie Wyman received a BA in Anthropology and English from Amherst College in 1993. She completed a MFA in Visual Studies at UC San Diego in 2002.
Career A Boy Named Sue documents the transition of a FTM person named Theo. The film delves into the physical and emotional effects of medical transitioning as well as the changes in the way Theo interacted with the world and the world interacted with him. It won the Sappho award for Best Documentary in 2000 and was nominated for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Best Documentary Media Award.
In 2012 she released her full-length documentary Strong! about three-time Olympic competitor Cheryl Haworth. Strong! credits include Cinematographer Anne Etheridge, Editors Jennifer Chinlund and Vicky Funari, and Executive Producer Vivian Kleiman. Strong! aired on PBS's Independent Lens series in 2012.
Honors Wyman's film A Boy Named Sue won the Sappho award for Best Documentary in 2000 and was nominated for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Best Documentary Media Award in the same year but did not win.
In 2012, Wyman won the Princess Grace Award for Film Honorarium.
Filmography Year Title Credited as Notes Director Writer Cinematographer Actor Producer 1998 Enjoy Short film made with Gordon Winiemko 2000 A Boy Named Sue Documentary 2002 Exchange Policy Short film made with Gordon Winiemko 2002 Buoyant Short Documentary 2012 Strong! Documentary Featured in PBS' Independent Lens 2016 FatMob Short film
See also Body positivity Feminist art Women's cinema List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
External links Julie Wyman Bibliography, ucdavis.edu