Johnny Symons

Johnny Symons is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who has directed and produced multiple award-winning LGBTQ-themed feature documentaries. His work has screened at more than 200 international film festivals and received support from funders such as Sundance, Tribeca, ITVS, Catapult, HBO, Frameline, and the California Council for the Humanities. He is a former fellow in the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program and a longstanding member of New Day Films. Currently, he is a professor and MFA coordinator at the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University.