Before becoming an accomplished director, Duwayne Dunham worked as an assistant editor and editor for over two decades on such films as More American Graffiti (1979); The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Return of the Jedi (1983); and Blue Velvet (1986).
Dunham made the transition to director in 1990, directing his first episode of the acclaimed television series, Twin Peaks, and later went on to direct the feature films, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Little Giants (1994), as well as numerous series such as 7th Heaven; JAG and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Dunham has won an Emmy award for outstanding editing on Twin Peaks and was nominated for a DGA award in 1995 for outstanding directorial achievement in children’s programs for the made for TV movie Tiger Cruise (2004).