Dawn Mikkelson (Producer/Editor/Additional Cinematography) Emmy Award winning producer and McKnight Filmmaking Fellow, whose work has broadcast, streamed and screened internationally. Festival screenings of her feature documentaries include: the Galway Film Fleadh, Cinequest, Mill Valley Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, DOC NYC, Frameline Film Festival, and American Indian Film Festival. Broadcast and streaming include: APT (American Public Television), PBS, CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation), Yes-Docu (Israel), Deutsche Welle (Germany), iTunes, and Amazon Prime. Mikkelson has completed seven award-winning independent feature documentaries, MINNESOTA MEAN (2023), FINDING HER BEAT (2022), RISKING LIGHT (2018), THE RED TAIL (2009), GREEN GREEN WATER (2007), THIS OBEDIENCE (2003), and TREADING WATER: A DOCUMENTARY (1999), character-driven films highlighting power and joy in the margins.

Proud member of the DPA Board, Co-Representative of the Midwest Region and Member of the Ethics Committee.

Levison is a Peabody and Emmy award-winning producer/director based in NYC. Her 2022 producing effort, THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT, premiered at Sundance, launched on Netflix, and was nominated for an Academy Award® (Best Documentary Short). Her previous film, STORM LAKE (Independent Lens, 2022), which she directed alongside Jerry Risius and produced, was Emmy Award and Peabody-nominated. Other producing credits include the Independent Spirit Awards-winning A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY (a Kino Lorber release, 2025), WOMEN IN BLUE (Independent Lens, 2021) and 32 PILLS (HBO, 2017). Executive producer credits include LAND WITH NO RIDER (True/False, 3035), the 2-time BIFA-winning GRAND THEFT HAMLET (MUBI, 2025), 3-time IDA Awards nominee, MY SWEET LAND (Sheffield, 2024) and WITH PETER BRADLEY (PBS, 2024). Levison is the owner of Hazel Pictures, teaches at Sarah Lawrence College, co-founded the Documentary Producers Alliance, and is a member of the Academy.