“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
2024 Indeed/Hillman Grad Rising Voices - Writer/Director Fellow
2024 NBCU Female Forward TV Directing Fellowship
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
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The New Yorker A Day In The Life of Grief in "Dear Mama..."
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Variety Seriesfest and Shondaland Announce Winner and Finalists of 2022 Women Directing Mentorship
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Short of the Week Dear Mama... Film and Review
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The Moveable Fest SXSW 2022 Interview: Winter Dunn on Harnessing The Power of an Abstract Sense of Loss in Dear Mama
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Script Mag INDIE SPOTLIGHT: An Interview with SXSW Short Film 'Dear Mama' Director and Screenwriter
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BlackFilm Emerging Filmmaker "WINTER DUNN" Named Recipient of Amazon Studios Film Fellowship Grant
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Deadline Film Independent Unveils Filmmakers for Project Involve 2021
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Shadow & Act 15 Projects to Put on Your Radar for the 2020 American Black Film Festival
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Film Threat Review: Junebug
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LA Sentinel Producer/Director Winter Dunn - Making Her Way In Hollywood
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Black Film Director/Producer Winter Dunn on her New Short Film "Junebug"
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Black Girl Nerds Winter Dunn's Junebug Explores Complexities Between a Black Father and Daughter
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The Cherry Picks Storytelling and the Father-Daughter Relationship in Winter Dunn's "Junebug"
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Film Threat Podcast ‘JEZEBEL’ Filmmakers Shine on Our Podcast Interview SXSW
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The Hollywood Reporter Jezebel': Film Review | SXSW 2019