American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer.

Frances REID is an American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer known for her documentaries. She has been in filmmaking for 3 decades. In 1994, she was nominated alongside director Dee Mosbacher for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for Straight from the Heart that explored relationships between straight parents and their gay children. She was again nominated for an Oscar for producing and codirecting (along with Deborah Hoffman) Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000).

Filmography

1977: In the Best Interests of the Children (Documentary)
* Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Sound

1984: The Times of Harvey Milk (Documentary)
* Cinematographer

1987 Living with AIDS (Documentary short)
* Cinematographer

1987: Reno's Kids: 87 Days + 11
* Cinematographer

1989: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (Documentary)
* Additional photographer

1991: In the Shadow of the Stars (Documentary)
* Additional camera

1994: Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
* Cinematographer

1994: Straight from the Heart (Documentary short)
* Director / Producer

1995: Skin Deep: Building Diverse Campus Communities (producer)
* Producer

1995: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Un voyage avec Martin Scorsese à travers le cinéma américain) (TV Movie documentary)
* Cinematographer

1996: All God's Children
* Director

1996: Freedom on My Mind (American Experience TV Series documentary - 1 episode)
* Camera operator)

2000: Long Night's Journey Into Day (Documentary)
* Co-Director / Producer / Cinematographer

2001 All God's Children (Video short documentary)
* Director

2003: Lost Boys of Sudan
* Executive producer

2005: Waging a Living (co-director) (P.O.V. TV Series documentary - 1 episode, 2006)
* Co-Director / Co-producer / Executive producer

2011: Happy (Documentary)
* Producer / Cinematographer

2011: Kings Park: Stories from an American Mental Institution (Documentary)
* Consulting producer

2011: American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
* Additional cinematography

2013 Rainy Season (Video documentary short)
* Cinematographer

2018: From Baghdad to the Bay (Documentary)
* Executive producer / Producer

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Reid_(director)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717266/