Lynne Fernie
Lynne Fernie (born 1946) is a Canadian filmmaker, best known as the co-director with Aerlyn Weissman of the award-winning 1992 documentary film FORBIDDEN LOVE: THE UNASHAMED STORIES OF LESBIAN LIVES. Her other films have included FICTION AND OTHER TRUTHS: A FILM ABOUT JANE RULE (1995), SCHOOL’S OUT (1996) and APPLES AND ORANGES (2003). Fernie was a founding member of numerous arts and LGBT organizations in Toronto, including the arts magazines Fireweed and Parallélogramme, the Lesbian Organization of Toronto and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival. She is currently a professor in the film studies department at York University, and is a programmer for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.