Misa Dayson
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Misa Dayson

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Misa Dayson, a native New Yorker from Harlem, is a writer, producer, filmmaker, educator, and cultural anthropologist.

Full Bio
Misa Dayson, a native Harlem New Yorker, is a writer, producer, filmmaker, educator, and cultural anthropologist. Her creative interests broadly focus on the relationships between visual culture, race, space, place, memory, and social justice, which she popularly writes about in such publications as "The Little Book of Big Visions: How to be an Artist and Revolutionize the World" (Edition Assemblage); "The Black Diaspora and Germany" (Edition Assemblage); and in Contemporary And art magazine. Misa holds her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her B.A. in African American and Film Studies from Wesleyan University. She is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation German Chancellor Fellowship; the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; and the DAAD German Studies Research Grant. She currently works as a producer at Pandemonium, Inc., where she has been since 2016.

NYWIFT Committees
Career Focus, Fund for Women Filmmakers, International, Moms Network, New Works Lab, Writers Group, Advocacy
Content Types
Narrative Features, Episodic Comedy/Sitcom, Episodic Drama
Occupations
Educator, Producer, Writer
Business Types
Production Company
Countries Worked In
Germany
Foreign Languages Spoken
German
Other Languages Spoken
French
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