Dagmawi Abebe (Dag) is an Ethiopian-born-American Writer, Director, and Editor who immigrated to the United States at the age of 10 and grew up in Virginia. There, he attended the University of Virginia where he majored in Physics and minored in Film Studies. His interest is in creating films that highlight unsung heroes and forgotten communities. After serving as a Lead Editor on the Warner Brothers sponsored feature film, "SAMIR," in 2018, Dag went on to co-direct the Warner Brothers sponsored film, "Voodoo Macbeth," which won the Industry Choice Best Feature award at the 2021 Dances with Films Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Director at the 2021 Sedona International Film Festival. His most recent short film, "The Ball Method," received the 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant. It stars Kiersey Clemons ("Dope"), Wallace Langham ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"), and Kyle Secor ("Veronica Mars). It premiered at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival and went on to win the Jury Award for Best African American Student Filmmaker at the 2020

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