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Becoming... Producer of South by Southwest Critic's Pick and Director Winter Dunn
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Winter Dunn is an award winning producer, director and actress. She produced Numa Perrier’s debut feature film, JEZEBEL which premiered at SXSW 2019 and was awarded Best Narrative Feature at the American Black Film Festival that same year. JEZEBEL has been acquired by Ava DuVernay and is currently streaming on Netflix.
Previously, Winter served as a producer / director for media maven Condé Nast Entertainment. Her celebrity video features for Vanity Fair, Vogue, Architectural Digest, GQ, Allure and other media brands have garnered over 60 million views and counting.
Most recently, Dunn directed season one of SoulPancake, Overbrook and 206 Productions’ upcoming docuseries, “All Her with Angela Rye'' for Quibi. Check out Winter Dunn Productions’ debut film, JUNEBUG, which premiered at the 2020 American Black Film Festival, streaming on FoxSoul and Tubi.
She is a 2021 Project Involve Directing Fellow with Film Independent.
In this episode we talk about:
• Landing her first PA gig for a Black independent production company
• The making of Jezebel from concept and production, to post and delivery
• Manifesting Netflix and SXSW for Jezebel, including what it was like when Ava Duvernay's distribution company ARRAY acquired the film in January 2020 and released it on Netflix.
• Going to SXSW and how the Jezebel team set themselves apart to sold out theaters
• Learning how to be a producer
• Working at Conde Nast and understanding how to execute specific brand voices (including her work with Kim and Kanye (Architectural Digest), Billie Eillish (Vanity Fair's: Same Interview, The Third Year), and more.
• How creating web series content evolved into creating longer form series and features
• Authentic portrayals of POC and the importance of telling Black stories by Black voices
• Her thoughts on being a Directing Fellow with Film Independent
Host:
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Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com
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