Overview

• Dakota Johnson is finalizing details for her feature directorial debut, a project she co-wrote with Vanessa Burghardt that she describes as very close to her heart.
• The film will star Burghardt, whom Johnson praises as an “incredible autistic actress,” underscoring her commitment to neurodiverse representation.
• Johnson received the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s President’s Award in recognition of her evolving work as an actor, producer and emerging filmmaker.
• Through her TeaTime Pictures label, she has made fostering healthy, collaborative sets a priority and vowed to avoid toxic production environments.
• She measures success by the emotional impact her films have on audiences rather than box office numbers and has just wrapped shooting Amazon MGM’s Verity thriller.