Lynne Fernie

Lynne Fernie (born 1946)[1] is a Canadian filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist. She spent fourteen years as the Canadian Spectrum programmer for the Hot Docs Festival from 2002-2016, a period of tremendous growth. “Her passion is as deep as her knowledge, and her championing of Canadian documentaries and the people who make them has never wavered.”[2]

Lynne Fernie
Born1946
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
EducationOntario College of Art and Design University honors graduate
Occupationdocumentary filmmaker
Known forForbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

She was the co-director with Aerlyn Weissman of the award-winning 1992 documentary film Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives.[1] They also co-directed Fiction and Other Truths: a film about Jane Rule, an award-winning biography about the author and Order of Canada recipient, Jane Rule. Her short films School's Out! (1996) and Apples and Oranges (2003).[1] focus on issues of bullying and homophobia in schools.

Fernie was a member of numerous arts and LGBT organizations in Toronto. She was a co-founding collective member of the feminist periodical Fireweed and worked as editor and editor-in-chief of the artist-run centre magazine Parallélogrammefor a number of years. She was engaged with LGBTQ+ culture with the Lesbian Organization of Toronto and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[1] She was a frequent songwriting lyric writer and collaborator with the pop band Parachute Club, including lyrics for the band's most famous single, "Rise Up" which was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in November 2019.[1] She also wrote lyrics to Neon Blue, the title track for Aaron Davis'first album, and collaborated with Lorraine Segato and Richard Underhill on "Bringing All the Voices Together", a theme song for Jack Layton's campaign in the 2003 New Democratic Party leadership election.[3]

She taught production at the film studies department at York University for eight years,[4] and is a programmer for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[4]

A portrait of Fernie, by the artist Rafy, is held by the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives' National Portrait Collection, in honour of her role as a significant builder of LGBT culture and history in Canada.[5] She is interviewed in Matthew Hays' Lambda Literary Award-winning 2007 book The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers.[6]

Lynne Fernie is an OCAD honours graduate in addition to being an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has exhibited visual art and been the recipient of arts and film grants from the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, and has been a jury member of Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council. Her visual art is currently available through Oeno Gallery.

Credits

Soundtrack (4 credits)

2011 Take This Waltz (writer: "Rise Up")[7]

2009 Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Rise Up")[7]

2002 Little Sister's vs. Big Brother (Documentary) (writer: "Rise Up")[7]

2001 QSW: The Rebel Zone (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Neon Blue") / (writer: "Rise Up" - as Fernie)[7]

Director (2 credits)

1995 Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule (Documentary)[7]

1992 Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (Documentary)[7]

Writer (1 credit)

1992 Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (Documentary)[7]

Self (3 credits)

2015 Katie Chats (TV Series) Herself[7]

2015 HotDocs Press Conference Chats 2015 ... Herself[7]

2006 Fascination (Documentary)[7]

2002 SexTV (TV Series documentary) Herself[7]

2002 Portland: Strip City U.S.A./Strange Sisters: The Golden Age of Lesbian Pulp ... Herself[7]

Awards

Genie Awards
  • Winner for Best Short Documentary in 1996 for Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule. Shared with Aerlyn Weissman[8]
  • Winner for Best Feature Length Documentary in 1993 for Forbidden Love: The unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. Shared with Aerlyn Weissman [8]

L.A Outfest
  • 1996 Winner of the Audience Award for Outstanding Documentary Short Film for Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule. Shared with Aerlyn Weissman.[8]

San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • 1995 Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary for Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule. Shared with Aerlyn Weissman.[8]

Juno
  • Won Juno in 1983 for writing the lyrics to the Parachute Club’s song ‘Rise Up’ [8]

Art Exhibitions
  • 2013    Decibel, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON[9]
  • 2012    Spring Group Exhibition, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON[9]

           3rd Anniversary Exhibition, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON[9]

  • 2011    Defying Gravity, solo exhibition, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON[9]
  • 2006    The Grace of Falling, solo exhibition, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON[9]
  • 2005    Group exhibition curated by Cheryl Sourkes, Akau, Toronto, ON[9]
  • 2001    The Wonders of Animal Instincts, two-person show with Wendy Coburn, Khrome, Toronto, ON[9]
  • 2000    Go Figure, inaugural group exhibition, SPIN Gallery,Toronto, ON[9]
  • 1988    Forbidden Representations, Galerie SAW, Ottawa, ON[9]
  • 1987    Sight Specific, A Space, Toronto, ON[9]
  • 1986    Some Uncertain Signs, text work on Plexiboard at Yonge St. & Wellesley St, Toronto, ON (curated by Public Access)[9]
  • 1985    The Gaze, A.R.C., Toronto, ON, Canada (exhibit in conjunction with the 7th annual conference of the International Gay Association)[9]
  • 1984-85 The Anti-Nuke Show, Powerhouse, Montreal, QC (toured Canada)[9]
  • 1984    Desire, Alter Eros Festival, Gallery 76, Toronto, ON[9]
  • 1983    Toronto Survey Exhibition, Women in Focus Gallery Vancouver, BC (curated by Nancy Nichol)[9]

Grants (all media)
  • 1997    Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Grant [9]
  • 1996    Toronto Arts Council Award, visual art[9]
  • 1995    Canada Council Research and Development Grant, documentary film[9]
  • 1989    Canada Council “B” Grant, Visual Arts[9]
  • 1987    Canada Council Publication Assistance Grant, exhibition catalogue[9]
  • 1983    Canada Council Short Grant, Visual Arts[9]
  • 1981    Ontario Arts Council, Writers Grant • Chalmers Award, for "Picnic in the Drift"[9]

See also

References
  1. Lynne Fernie Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine at glbtq.com
  2. Toronto, Point of View Magazine • 392-401 Richmond Street West •; email, ON • M5V 3A8 • Canada •639-0653 • Send us an. "Goodbye, Ms. Fernie – Point of View Magazine". povmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. "Jack Layton Wants To Get This Party Started" Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Carolyn Victoria Mill, January 2003.
  4. Lynne Fernie faculty profile at the York University Faculty of Fine Arts.
  5. Inductee: Lynne Fernie. Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
  6. Hays, Matthew (2007). "Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman: Out of the Shadows". The View From Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Arsenal Pulp Press. pp. 113–123. ISBN 978-0739483961.
  7. "Lynne Fernie". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  8. Toronto, Point of View Magazine • 392-401 Richmond Street West •; email, ON • M5V 3A8 • Canada •639-0653 • Send us an. "Goodbye, Ms. Fernie – Point of View Magazine". povmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  9. masterpiecesolutions.org https://masterpiecesolutions.org/common/htmlbio.php?galleryId=1A95-CCGH-6E59&artistId=2383. Retrieved 2019-03-12. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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