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Wendy Jo Carlton

Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Bio

Wendy Jo is a director, screenwriter, and photographer with a background in radio, teaching, and media activism. Wendy Jo was an artist-in-residence at 911 Media Arts in Seattle and a recipient of the Navona Fellowship and Provost Awards from the University of Illinois Chicago, where she earned a graduate degree in film/new media. Carlton's narrative and experimental short films have screened internationally, including the American Film Institute, Sundance, PBS, and a variety of queer film festivals. In addition to founding a media literacy program for teen girls called, Chicks make Flicks, Wendy Jo was co-producer of the official Chicago Gay Games 2006 commemorative documentary. Currently, she is co-producer of a feature documentary on the political & cultural history of the LGBT community in Chicago since the 1970's. Wendy Jo is also working on a documentary about her father's mental illness due to war trauma, and the effect it has had on her family over time.