Terry Dawson is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. Most recently Terry was Film Independent’s Project Involve 2021 writer and director fellow where he developed and filmed his narrative short The Mason Ring, which won the 2022 Warner Brothers-Discovery, Best Short Film Award at Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Prior to this, Terry made his directorial debut with an award-winning web series comedy he created A Whole New Irving, which landed in development at HBO. With roots in documentary film, Terry worked as an editor and producer on titles including Kiss The Ground on Netflix and The Lost City Of The Monkey God (Discovery+).