Serena Dykman is a NYC-based filmmaker and graduate of NYU Tisch School of the arts. Her work, ranging from comedy to drama and documentary has won her over 40 awards in the past 4 years, including a Webby Award.

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 NANA, which she made when she was 23 is a transgenerational documentary about her grandmother Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, an Aushcwitz survivor, who was Dr. Mengele's forced translator, and an activist for tolerance. NANA was picked up for distribution by First Run Features, and released theatricall. It is now available on iTunes and Amazon.

Serena won the Women eNews "21 leaders in the 21st century" award in 2018, alongside Abigail Disney, Amy Ferris and other recipients.

Amongst many projects, Serena is currently developping a half-hour dramedy series titled TIPS, a show full of humor, grit and heart about Korean and Chinese immigrants' experience living the American Dream and the labor conditions they face, told through the day-to-day at a nustling Midtown Manhattan nail salon. TIPS has been selected to participate in the 2020 edition of SeriesFest.

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www.nanafilm.com

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