Dawn Wilkinson

Biography

Dawn Wilkinson is a Canadian film and television director. She is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre and the University of Toronto.

Career Overview

Dawn Wilkinson has 34 screen credits in a career dating back to 1995. Signature works include Block Party, A Nashville Christmas Carol, Wilderness. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

34

Birth Place

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known For

• 

  Block Party
• 

  A Nashville Christmas Carol
• 

  Wilderness
• Looking for Dawn
• 

  Devotion
• 

  Girls Who Say Yes

Frequent Collaborators

• Antoinette Robertson (1 collaborations)
• Margaret Avery (1 collaborations)
• Golden Brooks (1 collaborations)
• John Amos (1 collaborations)
• Faizon Love (1 collaborations)
• Luenell (1 collaborations)
• Merle Dandridge (1 collaborations)
• Lo Mutuc (1 collaborations)
• Terayle Hill (1 collaborations)
• Bill Cobbs (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (31 credits)

  • 9-1-1: Nashville

    - Spirit of the Games (II) (2026) ... director directing
    2025
  • The Better Sister

    - Steadying Hand (2025) ... director directing

    - Just Ask (2025) ... director directing
    2025
  • Brilliant Minds

    - The Colorblind Painter (2024) ... director directing
    2024
  • Orphan Black: Echoes

    - It's All Coming Back (2024) ... director directing

    - Pegasus Girl (2024) ... director directing
    2024
  • Block Party

    director

    directing
    2022
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society

    - Blank Expression (2022) ... director directing
    2021
  • A Nashville Christmas Carol

    director

    directing
    2020
  • 9-1-1: Lone Star

    - Fall from Grace (2024) ... director directing
    2020
  • Locke & Key

    - Ray of F**king Sunshine (2020) ... director directing

    - Dissection (2020) ... director directing
    2020
  • Truth Be Told

    - If Wishes Were Horses (2021) ... director directing
    2019
  • Why Women Kill

    - I Was Just Wondering What Makes Dames Like You So Deadly (2019) ... director directing
    2019
  • 9-1-1

    - War (2026) ... director directing

    - Lab Rats (2) (2025) ... director directing
    2018
  • All American

    - Draft Day (2024) ... director directing

    - Mass Appeal (2024) ... director directing

    - Time (2023) ... director directing

    - Got Your Money (2022) ... director directing

    - Roll the Dice (2021) ... director directing
    2018
  • The Resident

    - Out for Blood (2019) ... director directing
    2018
  • Riverdale

    - Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Midnight Club (2018) ... director directing

    - Chapter Ten: The Lost Weekend (2017) ... director directing
    2017
  • The Gifted

    - hoMe (2019) ... director directing
    2017
  • The Good Doctor

    - Aftermath (2019) ... director directing
    2017
  • Dynasty

    - The Gospel According to Blake Carrington (2018) ... director directing
    2017
  • Greenleaf

    - Call Not Complete (2017) ... director directing
    2016
  • Kim's Convenience

    - Silent Auction (2017) ... director directing

    - Cardboard Jung (2017) ... director directing

    - Handyman (2016) ... director directing

    - Janet's New Job (2016) ... director directing

    - Hapkido (2016) ... director directing
    2016
  • Empire

    - Talk Less (2020) ... director directing

    - Stronger Than My Rival (2019) ... director directing

    - A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child (2019) ... director directing
    2015
  • How to Get Away with Murder

    - What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time? (2020) ... director directing
    2014
  • Reign

    - A Better Man (2017) ... director directing
    2013
  • Nashville

    - No Place That Far (2018) ... director directing

    - Back in the Saddle Again (2017) ... director directing
    2012
  • Wilderness

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Looking for Dawn

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Switched at Birth

    - Left in Charge (2017) ... director directing
    2011
  • Devotion

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Girls Who Say Yes

    director

    directing
    2000
  • Instant Dread

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Dandelions

    director

    directing
    1995

• writing (3 credits)

  • Looking for Dawn

    writer

    writing
    2011
  • Devotion

    writer

    writing
    2005
  • Instant Dread

    writer

    writing
    1998