Janet Baus
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Janet Baus is an American documentary film and television director, producer and editor. In 1993, she co-directed Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too with Su Friedrich, about activist group the Lesbian Avengers.[1] In 2003, she produced John Scagliotti's film Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World about gay and lesbian people in non-Western countries. She had worked with Scagliotti before, having a co-producer credit on his 1999 film After Stonewall.[2] Her 2006 film Cruel and Unusual, co-directed with Dan Hunt and Reid Williams, was a documentary about pre-operative male-female transsexual women in men's prisons.[3] It won the Michael J. Berg Documentary Award at the 2006 Frameline Film Festival and the Freedom Award at L.A. Outfest.[3][4] Baus has also won the Cine Golden Eagle, the Vito Russo Award, the Chicago International Television Award and the Gold Aurora Award.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Director
[edit]- The Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too (1994) with Su Friedrich
- Cruel and Unusual (2006)
Producer
[edit]- Some Ground to Stand On (1998)
- After Stonewall (1999)
- Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003)
- Cruel and Unusual (2006)
- In the Life (2007–2008)
See also
[edit]- List of female film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
[edit]- ^ Blaetz, Robin (2007). Women's experimental cinema: critical frameworks. Duke University Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-8223-4044-7.
- ^ "The Filmmakers". Official After Stonewall Productions site. 2003. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ a b "'The Gymnast' wins best feature at LGBT film festival", San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2006, retrieved February 7, 2010
- ^ "Janet Baus — Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "Janet Baus". Women Make Movies. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
Further reading
[edit]- Savage, Ann M. (2008). "Women film directors and producers". Butler University. (book chapter from LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia (2008), ISBN 978-0313339905)
External links
[edit]- Janet Baus at IMDb
- Janet Baus at AllMovie
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