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Janet Baus

American documentary filmmaker

Janet Baus
Occupation(s)	film director, producer and editor

Janet Baus is an American documentary film and television director, producer and editor. In 1993, she co-directed Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too with Su Friedrich, about activist group the Lesbian Avengers.^[1] In 2003, she produced John Scagliotti's film Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World about gay and lesbian people in non-Western countries. She had worked with Scagliotti before, having a co-producer credit on his 1999 film After Stonewall.^[2] Her 2006 film Cruel and Unusual, co-directed with Dan Hunt and Reid Williams, was a documentary about pre-operative male-female transsexual women in men's prisons.^[3] It won the Michael J. Berg Documentary Award at the 2006 Frameline Film Festival and the Freedom Award at L.A. Outfest.^[3]^[4] Baus has also won the Cine Golden Eagle, the Vito Russo Award, the Chicago International Television Award and the Gold Aurora Award.^[5]

Filmography

Director

The Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too (1994) with Su Friedrich
Cruel and Unusual (2006)

Producer

Some Ground to Stand On (1998)
After Stonewall (1999)
Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003)
Cruel and Unusual (2006)
In the Life (2007–2008)

References

^ Blaetz, Robin (2007). Women's experimental cinema: critical frameworks. Duke University Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-8223-4044-7.
^ "The Filmmakers". Official After Stonewall Productions site. 2003. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "'The Gymnast' wins best feature at LGBT film festival", San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2006, retrieved February 7, 2010
^ "Janet Baus — Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
^ "Janet Baus". Women Make Movies. Retrieved February 7, 2010.