Fiona Dawson (she/her)
Founder, Director & Executive Producer
Fiona is an Emmy®-nominated and award-winning filmmaker.
She is a proud bisexual, cisgender, immigrant woman living with a non-apparent disability, who uses media to advance equity.
Following her Emmy®-nominated short New York Times op-doc "Transgender, at War and in Love," Fiona was honored by President Obama as an LGBT Artist Champion of Change. Her feature documentary "TransMilitary," premiered at SXSW winning the Audience Award, and Fiona was an honoree on the OUT100 2022: LGBTQ+ Titans of Media and Entertainment.
Fiona’s company Free Lion Productions, creates personal storytelling content using video and animation to make diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility (DEIBA) programs work.
She is an acclaimed speaker, DEIBA consultant with an expertise in LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a “Building a Successful Diverse Business” certificate graduate of Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth.
Fiona’s global work experience includes the UK, the US, Bangladesh, Portugal, India, and Zambia. Fiona happily lives in Austin, Texas.
