Trish Dalton is a DGA director and producer known for creating powerful, socially driven documentaries that spark conversation and inspire change. Dalton is drawn to stories that live in the gray areas with quiet tension and authentic soulful moments.

Her work has received widespread critical acclaim, including an Emmy nomination, multiple film festival awards, and recognition from People magazine as one of the “Ten Women Changing the World” in 2020.

Most recently, Dalton directed Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge alongside Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The film opened Tribeca Film Festival, earned an Emmy nomination, a Cinema for Peace Women’s Empowerment Award, and is a Hulu Original also streaming on Disney+.

Her feature documentary, One Night Stand, a creative, behind-the-scenes romp with New York City’s leading actors, writers, and composers won the Audience Award at NewFest Film Festival, and was acquired by Ovation TV following its theatrical run across North America in 450 theaters.

Dalton’s work spans from celebrating the arts to examining urgent issues of human rights, gender equity, and systemic inequality, she consistently amplifies underrepresented voices through compelling storytelling. This approach is exemplified in her films Bordering on Treason, Southmost USA, and Reggae Girlz, co-directed with Obaid-Chinoy, which follows the Jamaican Women’s National Football Team on their historic journey to the World Cup, and recently premiered at DOC NYC.

Similarly, her HBO Sports documentary Student Athlete, also co-directed with Obaid-Chinoy, exposed systemic injustices in U.S. college football and basketball and contributed to federal and state legislative change protecting college athletes’ rights.

Over the course of more than two decades, Dalton has filmed in over 40 U.S. states and internationally, directing an extraordinary range of voices and talent, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rachel Dratch, Richard Kind, Lupita Nyong’o, Cedella Marley, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Hillary Clinton, and Oprah Winfrey.

Dalton also directs and produces mission-driven content for brands, nonprofits, individuals, and governments. Her clients and creative partners include Capital One Spark, Condé Nast, Microsoft, Adidas, the Global Ocean Commission, LeBron James, Steve Stoute, and the Presidency of Senegal.