Biography

Dionne is a 2 X BIFA and BAFTA writer, director and/or producer nominee. Her last theatrically released project was the critically acclaimed feature-length documentary The Hard Stop (2015). She has also been involved with a number of fiction and non-fiction features including Nobody The Great (2006), The Fighting Spirit (2007), Black Voters Speak (2010) and One People (2012). She has worked in journalism, arts, media and the film industry for over 25 years.
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Credits

One People: The Celebration 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2012

Other Credits

Black Voters Speak Short Film View
Description Year
Guardian Commission: Simon Woolley of Operation Black Vote in conversation with Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy, Roy Edwards and Jordon Clarke, in Brixton, London, UK. We decided to engage the public of Brixton before 2010 UK General Election. This followed OBV's successful "Black Britain Decides" rally hosted by Kwame Kwei Armah, in Westminster, where three major UK political party deputies stood up, spoke and competed for the attention (and votes) of an audience of people from predominately African and Caribbean background. 2010
Regent's & Vicky Short Film (Proof of Concept) View
Description Year
Reel Lives Exhibition: Regent's & Vicky (or Cheek By Jowl) jostles along the expanse of the Regent's Canal from West London to Victoria Park and beyond in the east as we view the gap between rich and poor. 2019
Invisible Woman 2.0 Short Film View
Description Year
Sundance Institute Commission, Reel Lives: Invisible Woman 2.0 is about Lucy, a young woman of African descent who confronts her worst nightmare and tries to leave it behind as she vomits into the gutter at the side of the get-a-away van she figures out how to drive. However she doesn’t get very far, she is forced to stop at the crossroads with a bunch of other women from all parts of the world when she finds herself homeless and needing to survive, she turns a corner. Invisible Woman 2.0 is an elegant story about female migrant workers as they travel from far-flung places in Africa, Asia, Eastern+Central Europe, the Caribbean & South America risking everything to get to Europe, USA and Canada. The hyper surreal series follows women on the run to freedom. 2019
The Cold Spell Last Winter Short Film View
Description Year
Lift Off/Vimeo Broadcast: Tilly Kaye, fierce self-identified African-British, non-binary narrowboater discusses her dilemma of seeking out an alternative eco-friendly lifestyle on the Regent's Canal. Where she finds it difficult to avoid polluting the air having moved to live on a narrowboat, when most boats are powered by coal, diesel and gas. It's a conversation piece about communities transitioning to green and sustainable lifestyle. 2018
Art Jamaica Short Film View
Description Year
Windrush Caribbean Film Festival: Artistes work that track themes across a post-colonial timeline. You will see Lord Simon Woolley, (Operation Black Vote), Shaun Bailey (London Mayoral Candidate), Usain Bolt, Charlie Phillips, Chris Eubanks (Boxer), Albert Huie (Art), and Barrington Watson (Art). 2020

Non-Directorial Credits

The Hard Stop View
Description
"While the fact that criminal acts were committed during the riots is not disputed, what Amponsah and co-writer Dionne Walker (who also produces) manage with great skill is to provide a context that encourages understanding rather than a rush to judgement. They are less interested in examining the wider consequences of the violence across the country, preferring a microcosmic, personal approach with a focus on the specific culture of Tottenham (which has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country), from which we are invited to draw our own more broadly applicable conclusions" - Catherine Bray.
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