Dominique Telson
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Dominique Telson is the producer and SVP of Development and Production at Astute Films, a privately funded motion picture financing and production company based in Los Angeles. She produced both large films like The Best of Enemies and Welcome to Pine Grove! and smaller festival indies like Premature and The Short History Of The Long Road. Prior to joining Astute Films, she served as a consultant for Canadian producers Chesler Perlmutter Productions and was instrumental in helping develop their holiday films. Telson was also a longtime VP of Original Programming at Showtime Network where she oversaw the development and production of various award-winning and critically acclaimed films such as The Devil's Arithmetic and Danny Glover's directorial debut Just A Dream. Telson has also always had a passion for creating opportunities for minorities, helping to create Showtime's Black Filmmaker Showcase which debuted shorts from previously unknown filmmakers such as Malcolm Lee.