Скачать или смотреть AMANI Project Interview - Dawn Wilkinson

The AMANI Project interviews profile 11 trailblazers in Canadian arts and education. Moderated by Nicole Inica Hamilton, these interviews capture key insights from some amazing Canadian pioneers.

Dawn Wilkinson, born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Canadian Film Centre’s Director's Lab and Short Dramatic Film Program. She directed the award-winning feature film Devotion and shorts Instant Dread, Dandelions, Wilderness, and Girls Who Say Yes.

Since being awarded the Women In Film and Television Toronto and Director’s Guild of Canada’s Emerging Television Director Award, she has directed many of Canada's top drama series including Heartland, Murdoch Mysteries, and Degrassi—which was nominated for a DGC Award for Best Family TV Series. Dawn’s comedy episodes of Sunnyside and Kim’s Convenience were also nominated for a Best Directing DGC Award.

She joined the Director’s Guild of America in 2016, and Dawn has since directed numerous U.S. network productions including The Resident, Switched At Birth, Reign, Greenleaf, Beyond, Dynasty, The Good Doctor, The Gifted, Roswell New Mexico, and multiple episodes of Nashville, Riverdale, Empire, All American, All American Homecoming, and Locke & Key. “Dissection,” Dawn’s episode of Locke & Key was nominated for a Best Directing DGC Award in 2020. Also in 2020, Dawn directed an episode of How To Get Away With Murder with Viola Davis, and Truth Be Told starring Octavia Spencer and Kate Hudson.

Dawn received rave reviews for Hallmark’s TV movie A Nashville Christmas Carol, and was recently the Executive Producing Director on the upcoming Starz and Lionsgate series Step Up, directing five episodes for Season 3. Dawn is currently in post-production on her feature film Block Party for Branch Out Productions and Buzzfeed Studios.