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Ingrid Wilhite

Ingrid Joy Wilhite (May 4, 1959 – January 15, 2008)[1] was an American filmmaker and musician.

Ingrid Wilhite
BornMay 4, 1959
Boise, Idaho
DiedJanuary 15, 2008 (aged 48)
Berkeley, California
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, musician

Early life edit

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]

Career edit

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]

Awards edit

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]

Personal life and legacy edit

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]

References edit

  1. ^ Ingrid Joy Wilhite in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, via Ancestry
  2. ^ "Wilma Joy Ax Marries George Wesley Wilhite". The Idaho Statesman. 1950-10-01. p. 29. Retrieved 2022-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Music Recital Set in Nampa by Students". The Idaho Statesman. 1968-05-26. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d Laird, Cynthia (February 13, 2008). "Lesbian filmmaker Ingrid Wilhite dies". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  5. ^ Clemens, Paul G. E. (2015-08-04). Rutgers Since 1945: A History of the State University of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-8135-6422-7.
  6. ^ Denda, Kayo; Hawkesworth, Mary; Perrone, Fernanda (2018-04-12). The Douglass Century: Transformation of the Women's College at Rutgers University. Rutgers University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-8135-8541-3.
  7. ^ Gregory, Dianne (May 16, 1985). "Lesbian Erotica: An Industry in its Infancy from Cotati to the Baybrick". Bay Area Reporter. p. 32. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Out Film CT, The First 11 Years of Events and Films, 1988-1998.
  9. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (June 12, 2019). "Outfest Unveils 2019 Lineup Featuring 'Circus Of Books', 'Before You Know It' And 3rd Annual Trans Summit". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  10. ^ Bornstein, Kate (2016-05-31). Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-101-97461-2.
  11. ^ Rodgerson, Gillian (July 1986). "From Sausages to Slings: Four tapes from Blush Productions offer lesbians a new sex toy--the VCR". The Body Politic: 27 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ Straayer, Chris (1996). Deviant eyes, deviant bodies : sexual re-orientations in film and video. Internet Archive. New York : Columbia University Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-231-07978-5.
  13. ^ a b Wilhite, Ingrid; Phillips, Marian; Hartman, Todd (1985), Fun with a sausage ; L'Ingenue, San Francisco: ORD Production, OCLC 36363621, retrieved 2022-06-14
  14. ^ a b Wilhite, Ingrid (1994), Lesbovision: 4 videos, Brooklyn, NY: [Distributed by Charis Video], OCLC 34297090, retrieved 2022-06-14
  15. ^ Nurudin, Azian; Wilhite, Ingrid; Ginsburg, Lisa; Goralsky, Michal; Kull, Heidi; Sandler, Arlene; Bonder, Diane; Raymond, James; Gonzalez, Mari Keiko (1988), Girl talk., San Francisco, CA: Frameline, OCLC 41172864, retrieved 2022-06-14
  16. ^ "What Real Lesbians Look Like; LAVA's 'Lesbo Video' Show". Bay Area Reporter. December 21, 1989. p. 32. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ Barnes, Noreen C. (March 26, 1992). "Using Their Resources Wisely". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  18. ^ White, Ken Regis (June 9, 1994). "Big Screen Drag Queens". Bay Area Reporter. p. 30. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ "A Religious Experience (1997)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  20. ^ "Radical Harmonies (2002)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  21. ^ Carter, Sally; Rubin, Liz; Pittman, Marilyn; Wilhite, Ingrid; Elkins, Tod; Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (San Francisco, Calif.), Wolfe Video (Firm) (1997), Seen anything good lately?, New Almaden, Calif.: Wolfe Video, OCLC 38092965, retrieved 2022-06-14{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ Bornstein, Kate (June 20, 1991). "She Who Laughs, Lasts". Bay Area Reporter. p. 39. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  23. ^ "Awards Received". Idaho Free Press. 1967-06-21. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Outfest UCLA Legacy Project: Sample Collection Areas". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved 2022-06-14.

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