Dawn Mikkelson (Co-Director, Co-Producer, Editor) is a multi-Emmy Award winning producer, and 2010 McKnight Filmmaking Fellow, whose work has broadcast and screened internationally. Festival screenings include: the Galway Film Fleadh, Cinequest, Mill Valley Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, DOC NYC, Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival, and the American Indian Film Festival. Broadcast and streaming include: APT (American Public Television), PBS, CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation), Yes-Docu (Israel), Duetsche Welle (Germany), iTunes, and Amazon Prime. In addition to FINDING HER BEAT, Mikkelson has completed six award-winning independent feature documentaries, RISKING LIGHT, THE RED TAIL, GREEN GREEN WATER, THIS OBEDIENCE, and TREADING WATER: A DOCUMENTARY, character-driven films highlighting power and joy in the margins, her sixth of which MINNESOTA MEAN, within the world of women’s flat track roller derby, premiered Spring 2023.
