Cory Michael Dawson

Cory Michael Dawson was born on Jun 14, 1994 in Australia. Cory Michael Dawson's big-screen debut came with Underground: The Julian Assange Story directed by Robert Connolly in 2012, strarring Student (uncredited). Cory Michael Dawson is known for Injurious directed by Cory Michael Dawson, Andy McPhee stars as Death and Cris Cochrane as Unknown Caller. The upcoming new movie Cory Michael Dawson plays is Cat Sick Blues which will be released on Sep 21, 2016.

As an avid cinephile, Cory Michael Dawson spent more than a decade working in a video store and then his local Village Roadshow cinema. After many years of film studies, Mr. Dawson shifted his focus and found work as a P.A. for TV stations such as ONE HD, Channel 7, Channel 9, Network 10, Foxtel and the ABC. Now motivated by these experiences, Mr. Dawson chose to pursue his own projects, including directing his own short films, web series, music videos and then contract TVC's.In 2013, Mr. Dawson wrote and directed a short film called "You Are Not Alone", where it garnered thousands of views in just a matter of hours. Later, the film was nominated for "Best Film", "Best Director", "Best Writer" and "Best Actress" at the prestigious Short Cuts film festival. It was even featured on national TV as part of the event.In August 2015, Mr. Dawson co-wrote and directed the short film "Injurious", which was nominated by Warner Brothers Australia as 1 of the Top 5 Horror Short Films of that year. It screened in cinemas throughout the month of October, where it was also featured as part of Movie World's annual halloween festival, "Fright Night", and it was also judged by the President of Village Roadshow Studios, Wolf Creek (2005) creator Greg McLean and Road of the Dead (2014) director Kiah Roache-Turner. Not only was Mr. Dawson the youngest director with a film nominated, it was also the only film representing his entire state of Victoria, respectively.As of 2016, Dawson relocated to Los Angeles to be mentored by Animal Kingdom (2010) and Sons of Anarchy (2008) actor Andy McPhee. McPhee is the father and mentor of Oscar-nominated actor Kodi Smit-McPhee (Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)) and AACTA-nominated actress Sianoa Smit-McPhee (Darby Drecker in HBO's Hung (2009)).Since 2016, Mr. Dawson has focused more on screenwriting, and has been a "go-to" script doctor for many feature films, short films and web series from around the world. In his spare time, Mr. Dawson also runs "Introduction To Filmmaking" masterclasses for disadvantaged kids and passionate media students.As of 2022, Mr. Dawson has several feature films in various stages of development, both as a writer and as a director.