- Dawn has won several awards for her biographical screenplay "Mary & The Moon" including The Alfred P. Sloan Science Screenwriting award. She recently completed a feature bio-pic and turns her attention to another biopic about Rev. Troy Perry in early 2019. Dawn holds an MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA, and an MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She's had the honor of working with and learning from, amazing filmmakers like Dustin Lance Black (Milk), Bobby Moresco (Crash), Paula Wagner (Mission Impossible), Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) and dozens of other working writers and directors. Dawn's background includes acting, directing, producing, writing, photography, and teaching. She's currently finishing an instructional guide to writing biographical features. Dawn moderates the American Screenwriters Conference.- IMDb Mini Biography By: L. Townsend
- Dawn has achieved success both in-front of and behind the camera, as well as on-the-page. She's won multiple awards in all three disciplines and considers filmmaking a continuously evolving form. Her first biographical screenplay "Mary & The Moon" won The Alfred P. Sloan Science Screenwriting award. This led to a writer-for-hire bio-pic (though she's not allowed to comment on the personality). She's a screenwriting adjunct professor at UOP, and teaches workshops for both short, feature and tv formats. Her students consistently win writing awards. Dawn holds an MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA, and an MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State. She's had the honor of working with and learning from, amazing filmmakers like Dustin Lance Black (Milk), Bobby Moresco (Crash), Paula Wagner (Mission Impossible), Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) and dozens of other working writers and directors. Dawn has created a re-usable structure tool for writers (for any format) and expects to complete an instructional guide to writing biographical stories in 2019. Dawn moderates the American Screenwriters Conference in Sacramento.- IMDb Mini Biography By: L. Townsend
- Dawn is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. Her first biographical screenplay won The Alfred P. Sloan Science Screenwriting award. This led to additional biographical screenplay assignments (that she's not allowed to speak about), as well as original material that she owns the life-rights to. The years of writing bio-pics inspired a work book that covers the lessons she's learned, and the truths she's uncovered. Additionally, she's created a hands-on, visual tool that helps outline story before hours of unnecessary work. Dawn is an adjunct professor of screenwriting at University of the Pacific and holds an MFA from UCLA. She's had the honor of working with and learning from, amazing filmmakers like Dustin Lance Black (Milk), Bobby Moresco (Crash), Paula Wagner (Mission Impossible), Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) and dozens of other working writers and directors. Dawn moderates the American Screenwriters Conference and leads small writing workshops for people who love the craft of writing.- IMDb Mini Biography By: L. Townsend
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