Cynthia Lowen

Directing

Biography

Cynthia Lowen’s work uses the power of story to catalyze measurable change. She’s the producer and writer of ‘Bully’ (The Weinstein Company) a feature documentary following five kids and families through a year in the life of America’s bullying crisis. ‘Bully’ was nominated for two Emmys, shortlisted for the Oscars, screened at The White House and received a DuPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Journalism. Cynthia is also the director/producer of ‘Netizens,’ a feature documentary about women and online harassment (Tribeca 2018, HBO Max) which screened at festivals world-wide and is part of the U.S. State Department’s film diplomacy program. Cynthia is currently in development with XTR and 30West on ‘In Her Own Words,’ a feature documentary she’s directing about NDAs and forced arbitration, featuring Gretchen Carlson. In conjunction with her films, Cynthia has spearheaded large-scale impact and engagement campaigns, working with partners such as ADL, Autism Speaks, Facebook, GLSEN, Human Rights Campaign, JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Sears, the United Federation of Teachers, as well as policymakers and many others, to develop wrap-around educational materials, town hall events, digital campaigns, community screening tours, and other initiatives. Through the ‘Bully’ impact campaign, over five million students accessed the film, free of cost, with their educators. Cynthia is the recipient of the Women Authoring Change Fellowship from WME and residencies to Yaddo and McDowell, among other honors; she is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

Known For

7.5

Cynthia Lowen’s powerful documentary Netizens highlights three women as each wages war against one of the internet’s most malevolent forces: prevalent and un-policed misogyny, harassment, and stalking. Directed at thousands of women daily by way of social media, it lies in plain sight, and its ramifications never remain only online. The film deftly depicts not only the forms digital abuse can take, from non-consensual pornography to invasion of privacy, but also the consequences for its victims.

Netizens

2018Movie

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In the middle of New Jersey exists a strange landscape of wetlands and wildlife migrations, garbage dumps and the ruins of industry, toxic waste sites and a river that tells the story of a civilization's new frontier. That is what seven young people have chosen to paddle through for 10 days, in canoes - A singular expedition, as romantic as it is political.

Back Water

2015Movie

7.2

This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. The Bully Project is the first feature documentary film to show how we've all been affected by bullying, whether we've been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. The Bully Project opens on the first day of school. For the more than 5 million kids who'll be bullied this year in the United States, it's a day filled with more anxiety and foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school busses across the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown.

Bully

2011Movie

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Explores the life and aspirations of Oliver, a rambunctious and imaginative preteen growing up with disabilities, who’s an avowed murder-mystery aficionado about to craft the perfect mystery caper.

Kids Like Me

2026Movie

8.0

Heading distinctly different anti-choice organizations, three women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, as they face down forces equally determined to safeguard women’s access to safe and legal abortions.

Battleground

The film follows the consequences of forced arbitration and NDAs, and how it can impact every facet of your life, from personal relationships to your future, with many victims forced to forever pay the price of a system that protects perpetrators.

In Her Own Words

Movie