Filmmaker’s Bio
Dylan Kai Dempsey is an NYC-based filmmaker & film critic. When storytelling intersects with social impact, he finds inspiration. His passion for media started back in eighth grade when he was sidelined by illness and taught himself editing.
As an undergrad at Tufts University, he taught film & TV, both on campus and at a film school in Paris—and was awarded Tufts’ first CJ Saraceno Film Scholarship. After graduation, he became a film journalist, covering festivals all over the world. His reviews, interviews, personal profiles and social analyses have been published in multiple countries.
In 2023, he founded DylanKDempsey.com, an online publication dedicated to criticism from the filmmaker’s perspective.
In 2025, with the support of fiscal sponsorship from New York Foundation for the Arts and an Individual Artist grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, he completed writing and shooting his own indie production, #Likes4Lucas. Designed to help at-risk teens deal with digital addiction, #L4L is now in post-production.
In 2026, #Likes4Lucas will premiere as both a short film and a 22-minute pilot for an eight-part episodic TV series.
© #Likes4Lucas Project, 2025