Joshua Ashish Dawson
Joshua Ashish Dawson is a film director & designer based in Los Angeles, California.
Career[edit]
Dawson received a Master's in Advanced Architectural Studies from the University of Southern California.[1] He was trained under Balkrishna Doshi (Pritzker Prize-winning architect) and Hollywood production designer Alex McDowell.[1][2]
Joshua focuses on the potential impact of ecological devastation in the physical world.[3]
In 2016, his Master’s thesis project, Cáustico, was a 4-minute short film that used matte paintings and archival news footage to explore the issue of water privatization.[4][3] It screened at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra as a finalist in the AnthropoScene short film competition.[5] In 2019 "Loa's Promise" his directorial debut, at the Cinequest Film Festival won the Jury prize for best Horror, Thriller, Sci-fi Short film.[2][6] In 2020, he released "Denervation", a short film based on the perils of pharmaceutical counterfeiting.[3][7][8][9]
In 2022 he released a 3-minute film titled "Spa Sybarite" which takes the form of a fictional ad about a "wellness spa in which users are offered treatments in response to the planet’s degrading environmental conditions."[3][10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Joshua Dawson | WbML USC School of Cinematic Arts". worldbuilding.usc.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ a b Diamond, Robert. "From the Deserts of Chile to the Cinemas of Silicon Valley: Loas Promise Earns Best Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi Honor at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ a b c d Wallis, Stephen (2023-03-09). "Cautionary Climate Tales That Give People Pause When They Press Play". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "The War Over Water: This Dystopian City Design Was Inspired by Current Trends in Resource Extraction". ArchDaily. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "Anthroposcene - Short Film Competition". www.aila.org.au. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "Loa's Promise". Vice. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ Artdaily. "Cautionary climate tales that give people pause when they press play". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ Knight, Jason (2021-01-24). "Denervation short animated film review". UK Film Review.
- ^ Food, Denervation | Film Threat-; says, Beverage Reporter (2021-06-19). "Denervation | Film Threat". Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "NNN / Enter Spa Sybarite: the luxury wellness center of our dreams and nightmares". Next Nature Network. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ^ "A futuristic spa hosts Joshua A. Dawson's latest cautionary tale on climate change". Archinect. Retrieved 2023-07-13.