Frances Reid (director)
Frances Reid ( born 1944 or 1945) is an American filmmaker. Reid works in the fields of directing and film production and as a camerawoman. For their work, focusing on documentaries, Reid was repeatedly nominated and awarded for various film awards.
Life
Reid founded in 1975 together with Cathy Zheutlin, Joan E. Biren, Elizabeth Stevens, and Mary Lee Farmer film production company Iris Films, which specializes in documentaries. 1977, with Reid In the Best Interests of the Children her directorial debut. This film is considered the first American documentation that deals with lesbians and their children. 1984 Reid worked as a cinematographer on the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk and learned on set Deborah Hoffmann know who was responsible for the editing. Reid and Hoffmann are personally and professionally a couple since the mid-1980s and live openly lesbian. Together they realized the multi-award winning films Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (1995) and in 2000, Long Night's Journey into Day, a film about apartheid in South Africa. 2002 Reid was member of the jury at the Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography (selection)
Nominations and awards
- Oscar Oscars 1995: Nominations for Straight from the Heart in the category "Best Short Documentary "
- Oscars 2001: Nominations for Long Night's Journey into Day in the category " Best Documentary "
- 2000: Grand Jury Prize for Long Night's Journey into Day