Trish Dalton

Trish Dalton is an award winning independent director/producer with 15 years of experience creating personal story, social impact documentaries. Her latest documentary, Student Athlete, unveils the exploitative world of high-revenue college sports through the stories of young men at varying stages in their athletic careers. Her feature-length and short form documentaries cover subjects ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the US-Mexico border fence and have broadcast on HBO, Time-Warner, PBS and Ovation after screening at film festivals around the world, including: IDFA, Visions du Reel, SXSW, Miami, Denver Starz, Nashville, True/False, DOC NYC, Full Frame, and Tribeca. Her films include Bordering on Treason, Election Year, Southmost USA, and One Night Stand. With a focus on social justice, several of her documentaries have been used as tools for social change. Southmost USA shone a spotlight on the US/Mexican border, Breaking the Silence helped change laws to protect commercially sexually exploited youth, and Farm Sanctuary raised awareness on animal rights. She has also produced branded and commercial content for corporations, non-profits, and governments, garnering such notable clients as National Geographic Television, Amazon, Kashi, Danskin, Conde Naste, Capital One Spark, Pepsi, ILLY, Cole Haan, Microsoft, Cossette, The Global Ocean Commission, and the Presidency of Senegal. Trish was born in the US and raised in Canada. She moved to NY to attend NYU, and has lived there ever since.