Frances Reid (director)
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Frances Reid is an American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer known for her documentaries
. She has been in filmmaking for 3 decades. In 1994, she was nominated alongside director Dee Mosbacher
for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
.
for Straight from the Heart
that explored relationships between straight
parents and their gay
children.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
. She has been in filmmaking for 3 decades. In 1994, she was nominated alongside director Dee Mosbacher
Dee Mosbacher
Diane "Dee" Mosbacher, MD, PhD, is an American filmmaker, lesbian feminist activist, and psychiatrist...
for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
.
for Straight from the Heart
Straight from the Heart (1994 film)
Straight from the Heart is a 1994 short documentary film directed by Dee Mosbacher and co-directed by Frances Reid. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....
that explored relationships between straight
Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, physical or romantic attractions to persons of the opposite sex";...
parents and their gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
children.
Director
- 1994: Straight from the HeartStraight from the Heart (1994 film)Straight from the Heart is a 1994 short documentary film directed by Dee Mosbacher and co-directed by Frances Reid. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....
- 1977: In the Best Interests of the Children
- 2000: Long Night's Journey Into Day
- 2001: All God's ChildrenAll God's Children (film)All God's Children is a 1996 award winning documentary film by Sylvia Rhue, Frances Reid and Dee Mosbacher. It analyses relation between Christianity and sexual orientation in the context of the African American community. It tries to alleviate stigmatization of lesbians and gay men...
- 2005: Waging a Living (co-director)
Producer
- 1994: Straight from the Heart (producer)
- 1995: Skin Deep: Building Diverse Campus Communities (producer)
- 2000: Long Night's Journey Into Today (producer)
- 2003: Lost Boys of Sudan (executive producer)
- 2005: Waging a Living (co-producer)
Cinematographer
- 1984: The Times of Harvey MilkThe Times of Harvey MilkThe Times of Harvey Milk is an American documentary film that premiered at The Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and then on November 1, 1984 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco...
- 1987: Reno's Kids: 87 Days + 11
- 1994: Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
- 1995: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV)
- 2000: Long Night's Journey Into Day