Biography
Devon Martinez Dixon, (better known as Tez Dixon), is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. He was raised in Belton, SC. As a child, his goal was to become a Major League Baseball player, but he slowly drifted away and shifted his attention towards movies. At the age of 16, he became highly interested in filmmaking in which he began to produce mini shorts. He attended Belton Honea Path High School in Honea Path, SC, and took Radio/TV broadcasting his sophomore, junior, and senior year before graduating June 1, 2013. Majority of his work, he writes, directs, and produces himself.
He has 1 child. Being the oldest of 5, he has two sisters and three brothers. With much going on in the world, apart from film making and spending time with family, he is more so on the recluse side of living. Growing up, he played baseball throughout his younger years from age 7 to 18. In his spare time from time to time, he uses FL Studio to make beats. Mostly trap, hip hop, and R&B. As he got older, his passion for film making begin to come into effect. He attended Full Sail University for digital cinematography in 2019 when he was 24. He withdrew a year later.
He founded his production company, (Thrill Shooter Films), in November 2018. In August 2023, he founded a new production company, (Cinema Goatz). Mass shootings, racism, and other social issues are topics he tries to tackle in a good bit of his projects to a certain extent. His first few official projects are the psychological horror short , Malefic (Short 2022), the romance/thriller short, I've Been Ghosted (Short 2022), and the psychological horror/thriller, Delivery Attempted (2023).
