Dunn Rovinelli worked as a film critic. She directed two short films: We’ve Loved You So Much (2012) and Fuck Work (2014). Her first feature documentary film titled Empathy (2016) focus on a heroin-addicted sex worker. In her Brooklyn Magazine interview, the filmmakers states her interest in the subjects of sex and work.[4]
Her second feature film, So Pretty (2019), focuses on a group of queer young people who form a community inside a Brooklyn apartment. It premiered at the Berlinale, earning awards at international festivals.
In 2019, Filmmaker Magazine featured her as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film.[5]
In 2025, she curated the Museum of MIX Spring Exhibition in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art for the revival of the MIX NYC Film Festival.
