Ingrid Wilhite
Ingrid Wilhite | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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]- ^ Ingrid Joy Wilhite in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, via Ancestry
- ^ "Wilma Joy Ax Marries George Wesley Wilhite". The Idaho Statesman. 1950-10-01. p. 29. Retrieved 2022-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Music Recital Set in Nampa by Students". The Idaho Statesman. 1968-05-26. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Laird, Cynthia (February 13, 2008). "Lesbian filmmaker Ingrid Wilhite dies". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Out Film CT, The First 11 Years of Events and Films, 1988-1998.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Wilhite, Ingrid (1994), Lesbovision: 4 videos, Brooklyn, NY: [Distributed by Charis Video], OCLC 34297090, retrieved 2022-06-14
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Barnes, Noreen C. (March 26, 1992). "Using Their Resources Wisely". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ White, Ken Regis (June 9, 1994). "Big Screen Drag Queens". Bay Area Reporter. p. 30. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "A Religious Experience (1997)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Radical Harmonies (2002)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ 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) - ^ Bornstein, Kate (June 20, 1991). "She Who Laughs, Lasts". Bay Area Reporter. p. 39. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Awards Received". Idaho Free Press. 1967-06-21. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Outfest UCLA Legacy Project: Sample Collection Areas". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
External links
[edit]- Ingrid Wilhite at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- Yo! Ingrid! a memorial blog maintained from 2008 to 2017, by her friend Caren Crockett
- Ingrid Wilhite at IMDb