ABOUT FREE LION PRODUCTIONS
The female lion is our spirit animal. But ask us about the male lion's mane.
Vision, Values, and mission
OUR VISION
A day when all people are treated with equitable rights, equitable respect, and equitable responsibility.
OUR CORE VALUES
Gratitude
Mindfulness
Integrity
Joy
Courage
OUR MISSION
We’re on a mission to decolonize the worldview of gender and sexuality with humor and ease.
Our perfect client is a company that wishes to consciously make a positive difference in the lives of their employees.
And they have a budget to make it happen.
Meet Our Founder
Fiona Dawson (she/her)
Emmy®-nominated and award-winning filmmaker, author, speaker, DEIBA consultant, LGBTQIA+ advocate and founder of Free Lion Productions.
BIOGRAPHY
Fiona Dawson is an Emmy®-nominated and award-winning filmmaker. She is a proud bisexual, cisgender, immigrant woman living with a non-apparent disability, who uses media to advance equity.
Following her Emmy®-nominated short New York Times op-doc "Transgender, at War and in Love," Fiona was honored by President Obama as an LGBT Artist Champion of Change and her feature documentary, “TransMilitary,” premiered at SXSW 2018 winning the Audience Award.
Her acclaimed book, “Are Bisexuals Just Greedy? Animated Answers for All People Who Simply Want to Understand the Spectrum of Being LGBTQ+”, is a four times #1 bestseller on Amazon, and Fiona was an honoree on the OUT100 2022: LGBTQ+ Titans of Media and Entertainment.
Fiona’s company, Free Lion Productions, creates multimedia personal storytelling content using video and animation to make diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility (DEIBA) programs more effective. She is also an acclaimed speaker and DEIBA consultant with an expertise in LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
Fiona is on a mission to decolonize the worldview of gender and sexuality with humor and ease.
Meet Our Team
Syd Cordoba (they/them), Lead Illustrator & Animator
Rita Hallgató (she/her), Corporate DE&I Strategist & Executive Producer
Lily Bouvier (she/her), Lead Editor