Julie Wyman is an American

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, and

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whose work is concerned with body image. She mainly makes documentary film and currently teaches at

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as an associate professor of Cinema and Digital Media.

Early life and education

Julie Wyman received a BA in Anthropology and English from

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

in 1993. She completed a MFA in Visual Studies at UC San Diego in 2002.

Career

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'' documents the transition of a FTM person named Theo. The film delves into the physical and emotional effects of medical transitioning as well as the changes in the way Theo interacted with the world and the world interacted with him. It won the Sappho award for Best Documentary in 2000 and was nominated for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Best Documentary Media Award. In 2012 she completed and began showing her full-length documentary ''Strong!'' about three time Olympic competitor Cheryl Haworth. ''Strong!'' began filming in 2004 and was originally planned to be a short film. Strong! aired on PBS's

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series in 2012.

Honors

Wyman's film ''

'' won the Sappho award for Best Documentary in 2000 and was nominated for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Best Documentary Media Award in the same year but did not win. In 2012, Wyman won the Princess Grace Award for Film Honorarium.

Filmography

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