Janet Baus is an American documentary film and television director, producer and editor. In 1993, she co-directed '' Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too'' with

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, about activist group the

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. In 2003 she produced

John Scagliotti John Scagliotti is an American film director and producer, and radio broadcaster. He has received honors for his work on documentaries about LGBT issues including ''Before Stonewall'' and ''After Stonewall''. Biography During the 1970s, Scagliott ...

'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 ''After Stonewall'' is a 1999 documentary film about the 30 years of gay rights activism since the 1969 Stonewall riots directed by John Scagliotti. It is the sequel to the Scagliotti-produced 1984 film ''Before Stonewall'' and is narrated by musi ...

''. Her 2006 film '' Cruel and Unusual'', co-directed with Dan Hunt and

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, was a documentary about pre-operative male-female transsexual women in men's prisons. It won the Michael J. Berg Documentary Award at the 2006

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and the Freedom Award at

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. Baus has also won the

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, the Vito Russo Award, the Chicago International Television Award and the Gold Aurora Award.

Filmography

Director

*''The Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too'' (1994) with

*'' Cruel and Unusual'' (2006)

Producer

*''Some Ground to Stand On'' (1998) *''

'' (1999) *'' Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World'' (2003) *''Cruel and Unusual'' (2006) *''

In the Life ''In the Life'' was a LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) television newsmagazine, broadcast on public television and produced by In The Life Media. It was created in 1991 by the Emmy Award-winning producer John Scagliotti. Premie ...

'' (2007–2008)

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