From left to right: Dawn Fidrick, Kalina Borkiewicz, and Eveline Falcão
In this special Women’s History Month episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, we welcome Kalina Borkiewicz, Eveline Falcão, and Dawn Fidrick from the Women of SIGGRAPH Conversations (WOSC). They share insights on the impact of women in the SIGGRAPH community, the role of mentorship, and how WOSC has shaped their careers. Tune in for an inspiring discussion on advocacy and empowerment in the industry!
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About Our Guests
Dawn Fidrick is an American film producer. The heart of her professional career was spent in New York and Los Angeles. Spanning work in animation, VFX, and live theatrical production her roots in theatre elevated her to stage manage the legendary Blue Man Group at the Astor Place Theatre in New York City. This seasoned range of experience has made her a high performing team leader with a deep knowledge of physical production, CG and animation pipelines, and post production. She cultivates a sense of purpose and meaning within her teams where that sense of belonging enables a creative and collaborative workspace. Dawn earned her Master of Fine Arts in Computer Art from School of Visual Arts and BFA in Production Management from DePaul University. She contributed as a visual effects artist on blockbuster films such as Star Trek: Into Darkness and Iron Man 3. The Hollywood Reporter called her independent feature producing debut Other Madnesses “a film that effectively gets under your skin”. And her dream project to date was producing the planetarium show Signs of Life, now playing in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. She is proud to currently be the Production Team Manager at DNEG in Vancouver, British Columbia and looks forward to serving her upcoming appointment as SIGGRAPH 2025 Electronic Theater Director, Program Chair.
Kalina Borkiewicz specializes in computer graphics for scientific data storytelling. Until 2024, she was the Director of the Visualization Program and the Director of the Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, where she worked for 10 years. The AVL creates cinematic scientific visualizations for documentary films and museums, making science topics like galaxies, tornadoes, and molecular structures beautiful, interesting, and exciting for audiences of all ages. Currently, Kalina is pursuing a PhD in graphics and visualization at the University of Utah. She is also an Associate Graphic Editor for The New York Times, combining computational photography and machine learning in service of visual data journalism. Kalina is a serial SIGGRAPH volunteer; she served as the Director of the SIGGRAPH 2023 Computer Animation Festival, she is the current Chair of the SIGGRAPH 2025 Courses program, and she is the Program Manager for Women of SIGGRAPH Conversations.
Eveline Falcão is a motion designer and developer specializing in scalable design solutions and workflow automation. With experience in projects for brands like Microsoft, Paramount, GitHub, and Oracle, she’s currently a freelancer, Senior Marketing Artist at Deca Games and Creative Lead for WOSC, crafting visuals for marketing and branding. A dedicated SIGGRAPH volunteer, she served as Creative Development Director in 2022 and 2023, and in 2024 led the Papers Fast Forward automation efforts, managing nearly 300 presentations through a custom-built workflow. Holding a Bachelor’s in Design from the Federal University of Pernambuco, she studied Motion Media Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design via the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program. At the intersection of design and technology, Eveline creates tools that amplify creative capabilities and reimagine production systems. Besides work, she enjoys exploring the fields of interactive and product design.
