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Dawn Shadforth

Dawn Shadforth

Dawn is a BAFTA-winning director, whose credits include music promos, television, shorts and documentaries. Her television directorial career began with the latter in the 1990s, making the likes of Tales of Battered Britain: The Friends’ Tale and The Seven Year Glitch for Channel 4.  

Her big break came through music, directing the 2001 promo for Kylie Minogue’s ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’. Since then, she has worked with a diverse group of artists, including Bjork, Florence and the Machine, Metronomy, Goldfrapp and The Moonlandingz. Her music video work has earned her a string of awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award for Staying Relevant at the 1.4 Awards for her video for synthpop duo Hurts. Outside of music, Dawn also made the silent short film Ding Dong for Sky Arts, and The Big Day for Creative England’s iWrite scheme.  

Since being accepted on BAFTA Elevate, Dawn has been both prodigious and celebrated. Her work on Trust (FX) in 2018 earned Dawn her first BAFTA nomination in the Breakthrough Talent category. She added another nomination in 2021 for Mini-Series for her work on Channel 4’s Adult Material, and then won her first BAFTA in the same category for BBC Three’s Mood in 2023. Other recent television work has included episodes of His Dark Materials (HBO/BBC) and I Hate Suzie (Sky Atlantic). 

Agent: Matthew Bates, Sayle Screen