Cynthia Wade

A beacon of documentary filmmaking, Cynthia Wade was born in 1967 in New York, USA and has been making waves in the industry since the early 1990s. Her main genres of focus are documentary and short films, with her most renowned works including "Freeheld" and "Grit," the former of which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 2008. Wade's authorial style is characterized by her profound ability to capture raw human emotion and tell deeply personal stories that speak to broader social issues. Cynthia Wade, with her empathetic storytelling, has the innate ability to make the audience laugh, cry, and rethink their understanding of the world around them.