Dominika Dittwald BIO

Dominika Dittwald is an independent cinematographer, writer, and director. She was born in Poland and raised in Europe and in the Middle East. After moving to Canada at the age of 16, Dittwald completed her BA at University of Toronto in Psychology and Peace and Conflict Studies. She also holds an MFA in Film Production from the Ohio University School of Film.

Currently, Dominika Dittwald owns the production company Dolce Vista International Inc., which received OMNI Television Independent Producers’ award for best ethno-cultural documentary pitch at Rendez Vous - Hot Docs 2005.

Dittwald recently finished working as a cinematographer on Color Me Free, an OMNI television documentary following the democracy process in the Belarus. She served as a photographer and an actress in the award winning short Graffiti. Her other credits include Escape to Canada, Jump like a Girl, Ulysses and over forty short film projects. She also worked as a freelance photographer, taking pictures of the renowned Canadian-Jewish poet Irving Layton.

Dittwald produced six of her own short films that have been screened in various film festivals. Her work has shown continuous interest in combing film with other arts.

Dittwald speaks English, Polish, Russian, French and Spanish