John Scagliotti is an American film director and producer, and radio broadcaster. He has received honors for his work on documentaries about

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issues including ''

Before Stonewall ''Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community '' is a 1984 American documentary film about the LGBT community prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots. It was narrated by author Rita Mae Brown, directed by Greta Schiller, co-directed by ...

'' and ''

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 ...

''.

Biography

During the 1970s, Scagliotti was the News and Public Affairs Director of WBCN/104.1 in Boston. For his work in radio, he was awarded two

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. In the early 1980s, Scagliotti attended

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Film School. He created ''

In the Life ''In the Life'' was a 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. Premiering o ...

'' for

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. This was the United States' first gay and lesbian national series. The Scagliotti-produced 1985 documentary film ''

'' won the Audience Award at L.A. Outfest and two

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s. Scagliotti directed a companion piece, ''

''. The film won a Golden Eagle and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Scagliotti is openly gay. His

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for 24 years was the late journalist

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. Together they produced the radio show ''The Lavender Hour''.

Filmography

*1984: ''

'' (Producer) *1999: ''

'' *2003: '' Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World'' *2017: ''Before Homosexuals'' — a prequel to ''Before Stonewall''

References

External links

* American people of Italian descent American radio personalities Gay entertainers LGBT film directors American LGBT broadcasters LGBT producers Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{LGBT-bio-stub