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David Weissman
Born1954
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film producer, film director
Known forDocumentary films about gay men and AIDS
Websitehttp://www.davidweissmanfilms.com

David Weissman (documentary filmmaker) is a US-born, Emmy Award-nominated[1] documentary filmmaker, as well as a teacher, public speaker, longtime activist and co-founder of QDoc, the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival. He is best known as producer of the acclaimed documentaries, We Were Here (2011) and The Cockettes (2002).

Conversations With Gay Elders[2] is an educational and collaborative, cross-generational documentary film project which began production in 2016. David conducts conversational interviews with gay elders and then works with young film editors to create each segment.[3][4]

Festivals

David Weissman has had his films shown a film festivals across the world, include Berlin[5][6], Sundance, Chicago[7], New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, and KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.

Release and Distribution

We Were Here and The Cockettes both premiered at Sundance Film Festival. The Cockettes was released theatrically, broadcast on Sundance Channel and BBC. We Were Here was released theatrically[8], and broadcast internationally as well as the U.S. on the PBS series Independent Lens.[9]

Awards & Recognition

The Cockettes received the

Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Nonfiction Film of 2002[10] and Best Director award, shared with Bill Weber, from US Comedy Arts Festival.[11]

In 2002, David won Honorable Mention for Best Documentary, shared with Bill Weber, for The Cockettes at the New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

The Glitter Awards recognized The Cockettes as Best Documentary in 2003.[12]

David received an Honorable Mention for Best Documentary for We Were Here from the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2011.[13][14]

San Francisco Film Society/Film Arts Foundation awarded David a Documentary Grant in 2010 in support of his nonfiction filmmaking.[15]

In 2011, We Were Here won Best Documentary Feature at the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival in India, where "The jury was won over by [We Were Here's] 'in-depth realization - through personalized interviews and incisive reportage – of a heart wrenching chapter of history – the advent of AIDS in San Francisco of the 1970s-80s.'"[16][17]

Back in 1986, David's short, Beauties Without a Cause, was no

Nominations

Year Film Organization Nomination Category
1986 Beauties Without a Cause (short) Chicago International Film Festival Best Short Film
2002 The Cockettes Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Best Documentary [18]
2003 The Cockettes Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary [19]
2003 The Cockettes Online Film & Television Association Best Documentary [20]
2012 We Were Here Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary [21]

We Were Here was on the 2012 Academy Award shortlist for nomination in the Best Documentary category.[22]

As part of Independent Lens on PBS, David received an Emmy Award nomination for the We Were Here broadcast in 2013.

Teaching

David teaches classes and workshops in a many aspects of filmmaking, including courses in producing feature documentaries in Portland[23], San Francisco, and Seattle.

Speaking

Organizations[24] screening David's films, including UCLA[25], USC, Stanford, Wesleyan, Yale, UC Santa Cruz, and Princeton, frequently invite him for discussion related to the film and to offer a Q&A session after a showing,

David also uses his films to enter broader discussions about social issues, such as exploring some of the most pressing themes of our time at the Chicago Ideas symposium on Intuitive Filmmaking in 2011.[26]

QDoc

Along with Russ Gage, David Weissman is the co-founder and co-programmer of QDoc, The Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival. QDoc, the only documentary film festival dedicated to LGBT documentaries in the U.S., perhaps the world, is a curated collection of current, award-winning films from top-tier festivals across the globe.

Background

Currently a resident of Portland, Oregon, David spent more than three decades in San Francisco, where he was deeply engaged with that city’s cultural and political life. "David Weissman moved to San Francisco in 1976, when the city began to be referred to as the 'Gay Mecca.' He was at Harvey Milk's camera store on the night of his election, and at the victory party for the No on 6 Campaign — the first major electoral victory for the emerging gay movement."[27] The Cockettes and We Were Here provide first-person, in-depth examinations of topics that were "definitively and unmistakably San Franciscan in subject, character and outlook; that is, they convey the qualities of liberation, self-invention and creativity."[28] 

Filmography

External links

  1. ^ "The Emmy Awards - 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations". www.emmyonline.org. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  2. ^ "Conversations With Gay Elders (2016) - twist Guide - The Stranger". The Stranger. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  3. ^ "Oslo/Fusion Film Festival // Film". www.oslofusion.no. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  4. ^ "QDoc David Weissman Screening". 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  5. ^ "| Berlinale | Archive | Annual Archives | 2002 | Programme - The Cockettes". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  6. ^ "| Berlinale | Archive | Annual Archives | 2011 | Programme - We Were Here". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  7. ^ Erbentraut, Joe; Schiffman, Lizzie; Post, Jen Sabella The Huffington (2011-11-03). "Our Guide To The Reeling Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  8. ^ "Red Flag Releasing Acquires Sundance Pic 'We Were Here'". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  9. ^ "We Were Here | San Francisco During AIDS Crisis | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  10. ^ "Los Angeles Film Critics Award Winners 2002". www.lafca.net. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  11. ^ US Comedy Arts Festival ended in 2008.
  12. ^ "Glitter Awards (2003)". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  13. ^ "Newport Beach Film Festival announces awards". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  14. ^ "Newport Beach Film Festival (2011)". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  15. ^ "San Francisco Film Society Announces Winners of SFFS/Film Arts Foundation Documentary Grants". San Francisco Film Society. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  16. ^ "KASHISH Mumbai 2011". www.mumbaiqueerfest.com. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  17. ^ "The Mumbai Queer Film Fest: The winners - Pink Pages". Pink Pages. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  18. ^ "Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2002)". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  19. ^ "Independent Spirit Awards (2003)". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  20. ^ "7th Annual Film Awards (2002) - Online Film & Television Association". www.oftaawards.com. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  21. ^ "Independent Spirit Awards (2012)". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  22. ^ Interview with David Weismann, 2012.
  23. ^ "Portland State College of the Arts: School of Theater + Film | News". www.pdx.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  24. ^ "THE COCKETTES". Visual AIDS. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  25. ^ "The Cockettes | UCLA Film & Television Archive". www.cinema.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  26. ^ "Chicago Ideas: David Weissman". Chicago Ideas Week. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  27. ^ "We Were Here | San Francisco During AIDS Crisis | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  28. ^ "Essential SF: 'Times of Harvey Milk,' 'Crumb,' 'Cockettes' | SF360". www.sf360.org. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
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