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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 21, 1967
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois
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 Siste…
Filmography
Finding Your Laughter
movieFinding Your Laughter
2026 · Executive Producer
movieQueenie
2020 · Executive Producer
movieMama Gloria
2020 · Producer
movieUnapologetic
2020 · Executive Producer
movieDykes, Camera, Action!
2018 · Self
movieThe New Black
2013 · Producer
Sisters in Cinema
movieSisters in Cinema
2003 · Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Writer
movieStranger Inside
2001 · Associate Producer
movieLiving with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100
1999 · Director
movieCompensation
1999 · Associate Producer
Women of Vision
movieWomen of Vision
1998 · Self
Mother of the River
movieMother of the River
1995 · Associate Producer
movieRemembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself
1995 · Director
movieMissing Relations
1994 · Director
movieSisters in the Life: First Love
1993 · Director
The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash
movieThe Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash
1992 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieMonique
1990 · Director