Dahlia Dennison is a Writer and Cinematographer from the West Indies. She has worked on numerous short films, commercials, & documentaries in the US and Caribbean.

In 2012 she worked as the Creative Director and Director of Photography on the documentary film entitled ‘The Merikins,’ which focused on the lost slaves of the 1812 war who fought for freedom and found it on the foundling shores of Trinidad and Tobago. The film screened in museums across the US, Caribbean, Europe, and Africa – including the Smithsonian Institute.

During her time at New York University her short film ‘Simply Remember’ won Best Sight & Sound Film at the Fusion Film Festival in 2014, and in 2015 she received the Chris Columbus Scholarship.

In 2016, she won the ARRI Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematography. She graduated with honours in Film and Television with minors in Creative Writing and Studio Art from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

She was invited to speak at the United Nations for International Women’s day 2018 about the current state of the film industry and the development for its future. As of more recent times she served as the Writer and Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony for the Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts XIV.