Dinae Robinson is a proud Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) writer, director, and producer who holds a degree in Indigenous Studies. True to her ancestral roots, storytelling has always been a part of Dinae. All of her work is influenced by the spiritual traditional way of Ojibwe teachings and the social and political injustices that Indigenous people have endured historically and presently.

Initially starting out as an actor, Dinae has appeared in several films, including The Oldest Profession in Winnipeg from Farpoint Films, and Child First, which premiered at the Understanding the Disability Trajectory of First Nations Families of Children with Disabilities National Summit. Most recently, Dinae appeared in the comedy series DJ Burnt Bannock. A graduate of the National Screen Institute’s CBC New Indigenous Voices program, Dinae was awarded the WFG’s First Film Fund to write, direct, and produce her first short film How the Savage came to be which premiered at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, and screened at the Gimli Film Festival, Red Nation Film Festival in Los Angeles, and was a finalist in the Canadian Diversity Film Festival in Toronto. Dinae is proud to have written for the series Taken, and is currently showrunner for the hit series 7TH GEN for APTN (recently renewed for a third season). Dinae also wrote and directed several episodes of the series, and its companion Cree language web series. Dinae is currently writing her first feature Have you Heard? an Indigenous anthology horror film, supported by Telefilm. Dinae is also co-showrunner on the upcoming animated children’s series, Eagle Vision’s Stevie and the Sacred Animals, as well as developing, directing, and running several other projects. Her show Reclaim(ed), on which she was co-showrunner, is currently nominated for a Banff Rockie Award, as is True Story. Dinae sat on national a panel of Canada’s top factual showrunners, presented by the CMPA, and recently sat on a panel at the Banff World Media Festival.