Johnny Symons

Johnny Symons

Professor
M.F.A. Coordinator, Documentary Coordinator
Phone: (415) 405-2841
Email: symons@sfsu.edu
Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 546

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Biography 

Johnny Symons is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker specializing in LGBTQ documentaries. His film Daddy & Papa premiered at Sundance, broadcast in more than a dozen countries and garnered 12 festival awards. His other feature documentaries include Out Run, which premiered at Full Frame and aired on public television, Ask Not, which broadcast nationally on PBS and screened at the US Capitol, and his current project, Assembly. He is co-producer of the Academy Award-nominated Long Night’s Journey Into Day, which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and executive producer of Pray Away, which premiered at Tribeca and is streaming on Netflix. Symons graduated with honors from Brown University and has a master’s in documentary production from Stanford. He is a former Fellow in the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program.

Education:

  • M.A., Stanford University, Stanford
  • B.A., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

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