Ingrid Wilhite | |
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Born | May 4, 1959 Boise, Idaho |
Died | January 15, 2008 (aged 48) Berkeley, California |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, musician |
Ingrid Joy Wilhite (May 4, 1959 – January 15, 2008) [1] was an American filmmaker and musician.
Wilhite was born in Boise, Idaho and raised in Kuna, Idaho, the daughter of George Wesley Wilhite and Wilma Joy Ax Wilhite. [2] She learned to play accordion as a child. [3] She attended Rutgers University, [4] where she created a comic, Pheminist Phunnies, for the Caellian, a campus publication, co-chaired the school's Gay and Lesbian Alliance, [5] and graduated in 1982. [6]
Wilhite moved to San Francisco after college, and worked in advertising, editing commercial videos. She wrote, directed and edited short independent films, often comedic, [7] and mostly shown at gay and lesbian film festivals. [8] [9] [10] Her film credits included Fun with a Sausage (1984), [11] [12] L'Ingenue (1985), [13] It's a Lezzie Life: A Dyke-u-mentary (1987) [14] The Lesbian Impress Card (1990), [15] [16] Pet Names, [14] [17] Mister Sisters (1994), [18] A Religious Experience (1997), [19] Hooter Polka, and Radical Harmonies (2002). [20] She also worked on Seen Anything Good Lately? (1997), a GLAAD documentary on television representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, [21] and made an educational video on cat adoption, Whisker Tips. [4] Writer Kate Bornstein described Wilhite in 1991 as "my favorite lesbo laughmaker". [22]
Wilhite played accordion in a musical duo, Cabaret Tormento. [4]
Wilhite was a second-place winner at the Idaho State Accordion Festival in 1967. [23] Her Fun with a Sausage won an award in the Super 8 category at the 1983 San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. [13]
Wilhite died in Berkeley in 2007, from brain cancer, at the age of 48. She was survived by her partner, Saundra Symonds. [4] Her master tapes and other materials are in the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project for LGBTQ Film Preservation. [24]
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Ingrid Wilhite | |
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Born | May 4, 1959 Boise, Idaho |
Died | January 15, 2008 (aged 48) Berkeley, California |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, musician |
Ingrid Joy Wilhite (May 4, 1959 – January 15, 2008) [1] was an American filmmaker and musician.
Wilhite was born in Boise, Idaho and raised in Kuna, Idaho, the daughter of George Wesley Wilhite and Wilma Joy Ax Wilhite. [2] She learned to play accordion as a child. [3] She attended Rutgers University, [4] where she created a comic, Pheminist Phunnies, for the Caellian, a campus publication, co-chaired the school's Gay and Lesbian Alliance, [5] and graduated in 1982. [6]
Wilhite moved to San Francisco after college, and worked in advertising, editing commercial videos. She wrote, directed and edited short independent films, often comedic, [7] and mostly shown at gay and lesbian film festivals. [8] [9] [10] Her film credits included Fun with a Sausage (1984), [11] [12] L'Ingenue (1985), [13] It's a Lezzie Life: A Dyke-u-mentary (1987) [14] The Lesbian Impress Card (1990), [15] [16] Pet Names, [14] [17] Mister Sisters (1994), [18] A Religious Experience (1997), [19] Hooter Polka, and Radical Harmonies (2002). [20] She also worked on Seen Anything Good Lately? (1997), a GLAAD documentary on television representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, [21] and made an educational video on cat adoption, Whisker Tips. [4] Writer Kate Bornstein described Wilhite in 1991 as "my favorite lesbo laughmaker". [22]
Wilhite played accordion in a musical duo, Cabaret Tormento. [4]
Wilhite was a second-place winner at the Idaho State Accordion Festival in 1967. [23] Her Fun with a Sausage won an award in the Super 8 category at the 1983 San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. [13]
Wilhite died in Berkeley in 2007, from brain cancer, at the age of 48. She was survived by her partner, Saundra Symonds. [4] Her master tapes and other materials are in the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project for LGBTQ Film Preservation. [24]
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