Desha Dauchan
Desha Dauchan is a Bay-Area native, Howard University and UCLA School of Theatre Film & Television Alumna. An award-winning filmmaker, Desha was mentored by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons. Her short film works have screened at Sundance, BlackStar, American Black, Pan African and Urbanworld Film Festivals. Her screenwriting has found support at Tribeca All Access, Film Independent and Hedgebrook. A participant in an early incarnation of the CBS Directing Initiative, Desha was selected by producing director, Joe Chappelle to shadow on the final season of The Wire, and later Numb3rs with director, John Berring. As a writer, Desha explores traditional drama, folklore, the supernatural and magical realism in her feature length and television screenplays. Her writing has found support in the Tribeca All Access program. Film Independent Screenwriters Lab and the Hedgebrook Screenwriters Lab. Desha is a faculty member in The Department of Film & Media Studies at University of California, Irvine. She is excited about innovative approaches to visual storytelling and the sharing of rich human stories. Desha lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband and two children.