- dixon35@uwm.edu
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Tom Dixon
- Lecturer, Film, Video, Animation & New Genres
Education
- MFA, Cinematic Arts, UW-Milwaukee
- MA, Sound Arts, Northwestern University
- Bachelor of Journalism, University of Missouri
Biography
Tom Dixon is a sound designer/mixer, educator and filmmaker (under the name Eislow Johnson).
His sound practice spans from pre- to post-production to tailor films with a unique sonic imprint. Films featuring his sound work have screened at Rotterdam IFF, SXSW, AFI Fest, Museum of the Moving Image, Jeonju IFF, and ICA London, among others.
His filmmaking engages cinema as a way of navigating and responding to the world's vibration and instability. His films have screened at Prismatic Ground, L'Alternativa Barcelona, EXiS, UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, Cinemateca Nacional del Ecuador, and Athens International Film and Video Festival, among others.
Tom has taught in universities, bilingual schools, libraries, forest preserves, co-ops, and living rooms. He is a 2025-2026 Emory Arts Fellow in Film and Media and a producer and mixer for NPR's Life, Automated.
Recent & Selected Works
