Nia Malika Dixon

A native of Baltimore, MD, Nia has written professionally for more than two decades including articles for national magazines, a published novel, short stories, blogs, two volumes of poetry, and several screenplays. She has received awards and recognition for her screenplays and her first short film, Temporary Loss of Power, was an audience favorite at the Baltimore Women's Film Festival in 2007. Nia studied directing under the tutelage of famed director Lilyan Chauvin, until the time of Lilyan's death in 2008. Shortly thereafter, Nia began studying acting with Tony Award winning actor and teacher, Kent Klineman. She is mentored by director Catherine Hardwicke, (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, and Twilight) and has completed several writing assignments for Morgan Freeman at his production company, Revelations Entertainment. After shooting the short film, City In the Sea, Nia shot Chrysalis, a web series, in her hometown Baltimore. Nia is also the single mother of two adults with special needs, including her son with Autism. Nia Malika Dixon is an award winning filmmaker on a mission to amplify diverse stories from underrepresented communities authentically in Hollywood, especially the voices of Black Muslim women. With over 15 years in the film industry, the Baltimore native hones her craft as the founder of Audaz Entertainment, where she writes, directs and produces content for television, film and digital platforms, specifically highlighting stories representing Black Muslim women and girls. In conjunction with Audaz Entertainment, Nia founded the #BlackMuslimGirlFly empowerment brand and the BMGFly Film Festival, an annual festival that not only provides platform for Black and Muslim film and episodic projects led by women, but also highlights their accomplishments with the Dixon-Harmon Trailblazer Award. The festival includes an international showing of all projects selected, live musical performances, and informational panels featuring filmmakers, executives, and social change makers. Under Audaz Entertainment, Dixon has released several projects of her own, including short films Shattered Lenses, #BlackMuslimGirlFly: A Butterfly Amidst Iniquity, and Temporary Loss of Power. Dixon creates work to cultivate deeper cultural understanding and connections in our local and global communities. Most recently, Dixon produced the comedy feature Love Supreme: Anatomy of Gratitude, and won the Feature Audience Award at the 2020 Global Muslim Film Festival, and her writing on Powderkeg's "East of La Brea," which she helped to create, won Best Original Web Series at UrbanWorld Film Festival 2020. Audaz Entertainment is preparing to launch the preproduction crowdfunding campaign for "The Trap," a crime drama about a Black Muslim woman in Baltimore who becomes a drug kingpin.