Kyle Schickner is an American film producer, writer, director, actor
and a bisexual civil rights activist. He is the founder of FenceSitter
Films, a production company devoted to entertainment for women, and
sexual and ethnic minorities. He currently lives and works in Los
Angeles, where he directs films, music videos, a Web series and
commercials for his production company FenceSitterFilms.Schickner
attended Harvard from 1993 to 1995 before dropping out to start
Off-Off-Broadway theater company, Fencesitter Productions. Based out
of the Stanford Meisner Theater, the company produced four successful
plays, three of which were written and directed by Schickner
himself.While in college, inspired by hearing a talk given by bisexual
rights activist Lani Ka'ahumanu, he formed BIAS (Bisexuals Achieving
Solidarity) the first college bisexual rights group in the United
States. After seeking out the campus' gay and lesbian organization,
Schickner recalls, "I knew I was bisexual, but those who ran the club
didn't believe it." He later went on to appear on CNN, Montel
Williams, Jane Pratt and several other national television shows,
helping to give visibility to what was at that time a largely
invisible community.
and a bisexual civil rights activist. He is the founder of FenceSitter
Films, a production company devoted to entertainment for women, and
sexual and ethnic minorities. He currently lives and works in Los
Angeles, where he directs films, music videos, a Web series and
commercials for his production company FenceSitterFilms.Schickner
attended Harvard from 1993 to 1995 before dropping out to start
Off-Off-Broadway theater company, Fencesitter Productions. Based out
of the Stanford Meisner Theater, the company produced four successful
plays, three of which were written and directed by Schickner
himself.While in college, inspired by hearing a talk given by bisexual
rights activist Lani Ka'ahumanu, he formed BIAS (Bisexuals Achieving
Solidarity) the first college bisexual rights group in the United
States. After seeking out the campus' gay and lesbian organization,
Schickner recalls, "I knew I was bisexual, but those who ran the club
didn't believe it." He later went on to appear on CNN, Montel
Williams, Jane Pratt and several other national television shows,
helping to give visibility to what was at that time a largely
invisible community.
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