Cynthia Wade is an Oscar-winning director
working in documentary, fiction, and commercial.

ABOUT

CYNTHIA WADE

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Cynthia is the director of:

THE FLAGMAKERS (Disney+, co-director with Sharon Liese)
GUTSY (AppleTV+ Episodes 4, 5, 7)
SPROUTLAND (in festivals now)
GRIT (PBS, co-director with Sasha Friedlander)
GENERATION STARTUP (Netflix)
LIVING THE LEGACY (Sundance Channel)
GROWING HOPE AGAINST HUNGER (PBS)
MONDAYS AT RACINE (HBO, Oscar nominee)
BORN SWEET (Sundance winner)
FREEHELD (Cinemax, Oscar winner)
SHELTER DOGS (HBO)
GRIST FOR THE MILL (Cinemax)

Cynthia directs commercials for brands such as Kellogg’s, Dove, and WW, among others. 

She is writing a feature-length screenplay about the Shakers, the utopians who sustained the longest-lived American experiment of equality.

Collectively her films have received over 60 awards. She holds a Master’s Degree in Documentary Filmmaking from Stanford University.

Film/TV representation: Maggie Pisacane at WME mpisacane_asst@wmeentertainment.com // 212.903.1313

Commercial representation: Megan Kelly at Honor Society // 917.544.3785