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Hey, I'm Dina!
Baltimore, Maryland
I am a Baltimore screenwriter and film director, recently named a finalist for the 2018 Baker Artist Award. My feature documentary, Moms and Meds: Navigating Pregnancy and Psychiatric Medication, is available on Amazon, and my short film, Commercial for the Queen of Meatloaf, was funded by the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film and Media at Johns Hopkins University and has screened at close to 20 festivals. I recently completed a feature adaptation of Terence Hannum’s novella Beneath the Remains which I'm slated to direct in summer 2019, and an original feature narrative script Days in the Wake as a resident at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in California and Stowe Story Labs fellow in Vermont. My short films have screened at a variety of venues and film festivals, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, and I am a recipient of the ‘Generation Next’ screenwriting grant for my feature script, Beyond the Pale. I have an MFA in film directing from Columbia University, and a BS in TV, Radio and Film from Syracuse University. I am the co-founder and chapter leader of Baltimore Film Fatales, a national organization working towards gender parity in the film industry.
My Projects
Projects I'm Supporting

Sylphvania Grove
New York City, New York• Film Short
Adventure, Fantasy
A troubled girl follows a magical being into the woods where her fears take on fantastical forms.
This project got the green light!

Butterflies
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
Butterflies is a dark look at the psychological affects of bullying on Melanie as she navigates her way through high school.
This project got the green light!

Commercial for the Queen of Meatloaf
Baltimore, Maryland• Film Short
Experimental
In a surrealist take on a 1950s commercial, a housewife attempts to spice up her marriage by preparing a delicious meatloaf for dinner.
This project got the green light!

Exposure
Pepin, Wisconsin• Film Feature
Romance, LGBTQ
Two women set off on separate journeys of self-reflection and contemplation. What happened between them? How did the relationship die?
This project got the green light!

Stardust & Moonbeams
Bloomington, Indiana• Film Short
History, Romantic Comedy
Swing on a Jazz Age star... Beth is behind the camera, Will is the object of HER gaze. Like us, Beth grabs the camera & changes the view.
This project got the green light!