Cynthia Wade is an American television and film director, producer and cinematographer based in New York City. She has directed documentaries on social issues including Shelter Dogs in 2003 about animal welfare and Freeheld in 2007 about LGBT rights.
Wade is the daughter of a computer systems architect and a psychiatric nurse, and the great-granddaughter of John Orr Young, the founder of Young & Rubicam. She attended Smith College where she recei...
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Cynthia Wade is an American television and film director, producer and cinematographer based in New York City. She has directed documentaries on social issues including Shelter Dogs in 2003 about animal welfare and Freeheld in 2007 about LGBT rights.
Wade is the daughter of a computer systems architect and a psychiatric nurse, and the great-granddaughter of John Orr Young, the founder of Young & Rubicam. She attended Smith College where she received her Bachelor of arts degree, and Stanford University where she received a master's degree in Documentary Film Production. In 1999 she married Matthew Syrett. She teaches film production and runs two production companies — Cynthia Wade Productions and Lieutenant Films. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.
In 2003, Wade directed and produced Shelter Dogs, a documentary about the animal welfare system in the United States and the ethics of animal euthanasia. For this film she won the Grand Prize at the Director's...
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