- Dawn Severdia is an Art Director and Screenwriter known for her work across feature films and high-profile commercials. Raised in California and Colorado by her parents, Robert Severdia and Sandra Schafer-Perkins, Dawn developed a passion for creativity and adventure early on, enjoying everything from snowboarding to jeeping with her three siblings. She returned to California to attend Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts with a film emphasis. Her career began with The Living Daylights (1987), a James Bond film, and quickly evolved into collaborations with some of Hollywood's biggest names. She worked alongside Oscar-winning makeup artists John Caglione Jr. & Doug Drexler on Dick Tracy (1990), and with Rob Bottin on those unforgettable seven deadly sins for David Fincher's Seven (1995). She also played a key role in the disguises for Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible (1996). Shifting gears from feature films to commercials, Dawn began working with renowned Production Designer Jeffrey Beecroft on award-winning campaigns for major brands like Milk, DHL, and Victoria's Secret, as well as Super Bowl ads for Victoria's Secret, Audi, and Maserati. Combining her rich experience in both feature films and high-profile commercials, Dawn began channeling her creativity into the art of screenwriting.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dawn Severdia
- Has been known to pour wine at Francis Ford Coppola's winery in Oregon, Domaine Lumineux.
- Worked in Tom Foden's art department on The Cell (2000) which was nominated for Excellence in Production Design by the Art Directors Guild.
- Has one of her Mt. Hood photographs framed and hung in the apartment of Detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore) as Oregon set dressing in Mr. Brooks (2007).
- While on location for Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993), Annie Leibovitz photographed author, Tom Robbins, and actors, Uma Thurman, Rain Phoenix, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, and John Hurt, along with director, Gus Van Sant, and producer, Laurie Parker. The photoshoot was for Vanity Fair.
- Was one of two names on a handheld walking scoreboard that followed a pair of golfers around the Alaqua Country Club golf course, for a MySAP commercial. The top name on the walking scoreboard was Player, as in the golf legend Gary Player. The bottom name was Severdia, as in the big Gary Player fan, Dawn Severdia.
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