PRODUCING WORK:
REST STOP
PRODUCER
DIRECTED BY: CRYSTAL KAYIZA
A young Ugandan-American girl gains a new understanding of her family and her place in the world as she travels with her mother and brother from New York to Oklahoma, in this richly textured drama by Crystal Kayiza.
Winner of the Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
SELECTED SCREENINGS: TIFF, Sundance, SXSW, Blackstar, New Orleans, Hamptons International Film Festival, Nitehawk Shorts
BUG FARM
PRODUCER
DIRECTED BY: LYDIA CORNETT
Four distinct women form a bond over crickets, superworms, and roaches on an insect farm in the small town of LaBelle.
Premiered on Nowness, Reel South Shorts, and POV
SELECTED SCREENINGS: New Orleans Film Festival, BAMCinemaFest, AFI Docs
PENTATARMEX RABITULAR
PRODUCER / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
DIRECTED BY: CASEY FRIEDMAN
A woman mourning her grandmother takes a job luring an entity from a hole.
Premiered on Short of The Week in 2024
SELECTED SCREENINGS: Montclair Film Festival
WORK FOR HIRE:
SOUND FIELD
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER
CLIENT: PBS DIGITIAL STUDIOS / TPT
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CLIMATE ARTISTS
SOUND / SECOND CAMERA
CLIENT: ALL ARTS / THIRTEEN - NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA
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