Yvonne Welbon

Yvonne Welbon

An award-winning independent filmmaker, originally from Chicago, Yvonne Welbon received a B.A. in history from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Thereafter, she spent six years in Taipei, Taiwan, where she taught English, learned Mandarin Chinese, and at the age of 23, founded and published a premiere arts magazine with $300. She ran the magazine for five years. Welbon returned to the United States and enrolled in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned an M.F.A. with a concentration in film and video and in 2001 a Ph.D. in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University. She is also a graduate of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Welbon has successfully produced and distributed over 20 films including Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis@ 100, winner of ten best documentary awards—including the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary and Sisters in Cinema a documentary on the history of black women feature film directors. Her films have screened on PBS, Starz/Encore, TV-ONE, IFC, Bravo, the Sundance Channel, BET, HBO and in over one hundred film festivals around the world including Toronto, Berlin and Sundance. She is currently producing The New Black, a documentary directed by Yoruba Richen and her first trans-media project, Sisters in the Life: 25 Years of Out African American Lesbian Media-making (1986 – 2011), a web based online community building project that also includes a book of essays, a documentary, an archive and a mobile application. (8/14)

  • Title: Yvonne Welbon
  • Popularity: 1.094
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1967-04-21
  • Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
  • Homepage: http://yvonnewelbon.com/
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Yvonne Welbon Movies

  • 1998
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    Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

    1 1998 HD

    Documentary that highlights 18 women and covers a period of time from the 50's to the 90's. The women chosen were selected because they represent the...

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  • 2018
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    Dykes, Camera, Action!

    Dykes, Camera, Action!

    0.5 2018 HD

    The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of...

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  • 1999
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    Compensation

    Compensation

    6.7 1999 HD

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  • 2020
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    Mama Gloria

    Mama Gloria

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2013
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    The New Black

    The New Black

    5.2 2013 HD

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  • 1995
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    Remembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself

    Remembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself

    1 1995 HD

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  • 2003
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    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1990
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    Monique

    Monique

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1993
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    Sisters in the Life: First Love

    Sisters in the Life: First Love

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1994
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    Missing Relations

    Missing Relations

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1999
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    Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100

    Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2020
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    Queenie

    Queenie

    7 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Unapologetic

    Unapologetic

    8 2020 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1995
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    Mother of the River

    Mother of the River

    1 1995 HD

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