Serena Dykman
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Serena Dykman is a filmmaker and graduate from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Film and Television program. Her work, ranging from comedy to drama and documentary, has won her over 40 awards in the past four years. Her films THE DOORMAN, BED BUGS & COMPANY, and WELCOME have been selected in over 80 film festivals around the world, including at the Cannes Film Festival, and Oscar-qualifying film festivals. WELCOME, a short about U.S. immigration has a million views online.
WELCOME won a 2020 Webby Awards. Out of nearly 13,000 projects submitted from around the world, WELCOME was selected in the top 10%.
Serena is a "third-culture kid" born in Paris, and raised between London, Brussels, and New York. Her passion for travel, and cross-cultural issues has informed much of her work. Serena's first feature film, NANA, which she made when she was 23, is a trans-generational documentary about her grandmother, Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, an Auschwitz survivor and activist for tolerance. Serena has been touring the world with NANA, presenting it in film festivals, schools and educational organizations. The award-winning film was chosen by the European Commission and European Jewish Congress to be presented on Holocaust Memorial Day 2018, where Serena participated in a discussion on the future of Holocaust education with the First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and the world-renowned historian and author Sir Simon Schama. NANA was picked up for distribution by First Run Features and released theatrically in 2018. It is available on iTunes and Amazon, as well as on YouTube.
Serena won the Women eNews "21 leaders in the 21st century" award in May 2018, alongside Abigail Disney, Amy Ferris, and other recipients.
Serena is developing and attached to several scripted and unscripted projects.
WELCOME won a 2020 Webby Awards. Out of nearly 13,000 projects submitted from around the world, WELCOME was selected in the top 10%.
Serena is a "third-culture kid" born in Paris, and raised between London, Brussels, and New York. Her passion for travel, and cross-cultural issues has informed much of her work. Serena's first feature film, NANA, which she made when she was 23, is a trans-generational documentary about her grandmother, Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, an Auschwitz survivor and activist for tolerance. Serena has been touring the world with NANA, presenting it in film festivals, schools and educational organizations. The award-winning film was chosen by the European Commission and European Jewish Congress to be presented on Holocaust Memorial Day 2018, where Serena participated in a discussion on the future of Holocaust education with the First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and the world-renowned historian and author Sir Simon Schama. NANA was picked up for distribution by First Run Features and released theatrically in 2018. It is available on iTunes and Amazon, as well as on YouTube.
Serena won the Women eNews "21 leaders in the 21st century" award in May 2018, alongside Abigail Disney, Amy Ferris, and other recipients.
Serena is developing and attached to several scripted and unscripted projects.
