Dee Dogan Email & Phone Number

Dee Dogan is an Australian-Kurdish writer, director and producer based in Western Sydney. She works across narrative fiction and documentary, with a focus on stories told from women's perspectives in the Kurdish diaspora. A LOSS, Dee's debut short, was accepted into the Short Film Corner at 69th Cannes Film Festival in 2016. BEING KURD – BASHUR, was nominated for Best Australian Short Documentary at the 2017 Antenna Documentary Film Festival. In 2018, Dee was selected as one of eight screenwriters for the Behind Closed Doors program, to develop stories for TV, online broadcast and theatrical screenings supported by Screen Australia and producers Co-Curious, Sheila Jayadev and Lyn Norfor (Emerald Productions). In 2021, Dee co-wrote and associate produced an anthology feature film HERE OUT WEST for ABC with Co-Curious and Emerald Productions, which was nominated at the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards and was the opening night film at the 68th Sydney Film Festival, 2021. In 2021, Dee's debut film A CUP OF TEA was shortlisted for the Sundance Screenwriter's Development Track. The script was invited into the prestigious Attagirl Program, an incubation program facilitating the development of outstanding female and non-binary filmmakers and run by For Films Sake. Produced by award-winning producers John Maynard (Jirga) and Bridget Ikin (Sherpa, An Angel at My Table) of Felix Media, along with Bethany Bruce. Dee is currently working on the short film LULLABY with producer Bethany Bruce (Wolf). A member of the Blacktown Arts Advisory Committee, she has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Film Studies and Philosophy from the University of New South Wales.