“We all grieve so differently,” the filmmaker Winter Dunn says. “And I think that, as adults, we forget that our children are experiencing their own process of grief that has nothing to do with you and has everything to do with you.”
-Winter Dunn on the theme of grief in Dear Mama...
Fellowships and Shadowing
2024 Indeed/Hillman Grad Rising Voices - Writer/Director Fellow
2024 NBCU Launch TV Directing Fellowship
2024 SONY Pictures Diverse Directors Workshop
2024 NBCU's The Irrational Director Shadow
2022 Shondaland Director's Women Mentorship Finalist
2022 ABC's The Rookie: Feds Director Shadow
2022 Ryan Murphy HALF Initiative: 9-1-1 Director Shadow
2022 Film Independent Episodic Workshop
2021 Amazon Studios Film Fellowship
2021 Film Independent Project Involve - Director Fellow
Press
The New Yorker A Day In The Life of Grief in "Dear Mama..."
Variety Seriesfest and Shondaland Announce Winner and Finalists of 2022 Women Directing Mentorship
Short of the Week Dear Mama... Film and Review
The Moveable Fest SXSW 2022 Interview: Winter Dunn on Harnessing The Power of an Abstract Sense of Loss in Dear Mama
Script Mag INDIE SPOTLIGHT: An Interview with SXSW Short Film 'Dear Mama' Director and Screenwriter
Deadline SXSW's Lineup for Return to In-Person Festival
BlackFilm Emerging Filmmaker "WINTER DUNN" Named Recipient of Amazon Studios Film Fellowship Grant
Deadline Film Independent Unveils Filmmakers for Project Involve 2021
OkayPlayer 8 Up-And-Coming Directors to Keep On Your Radar
Shadow & Act 15 Projects to Put on Your Radar for the 2020 American Black Film Festival
Film Threat Review: Junebug
LA Sentinel Producer/Director Winter Dunn - Making Her Way In Hollywood
Black Film Director/Producer Winter Dunn on her New Short Film "Junebug"
Black Girl Nerds Winter Dunn's Junebug Explores Complexities Between a Black Father and Daughter
The Cherry Picks Storytelling and the Father-Daughter Relationship in Winter Dunn's "Junebug"
Film Threat Podcast ‘JEZEBEL’ Filmmakers Shine on Our Podcast Interview SXSW
The Hollywood Reporter Jezebel': Film Review | SXSW 2019