STUDIO CREATIVE DIRECTOR - Uproxx • Oversee all video content to Uproxx’s 50MM unique visitors per month across digital & OTT platforms. • Hire, manage & lead creative team on developing branded high-end documentary productions and oversee all from ideation & pitch to execution for clients including Sony Pictures, EA, MillerCoors, Honda and more. • Award-winning content creator, including four-time Gold Clio, Cannes Lion, OMMA, DigiDay, One Show and D&AD award winner. Named Fast Company’s top 10 most innovative companies in Hollywood. • Overseen hundreds of doc productions for digital & OTT platforms including directing & editing flagship series
Summary
• Award-winning feature documentary director & editor featured on Netflix; Cannes-Lion, Clio-Gold and Emmy nominated content creator • Creative Director & digital expert overseeing content to 50MM millennials per month both OTT & digital
Credits
10/16 – 10/17
Creative Executive
Staff Position — Uproxx Media Group Details
10/16 – 10/17
1/17 – 8/17
Associate Executive Producer, Story Producer & Co-Editor – Us Against the World
TV — Uproxx Media Group & Comcast Watchable Details
1/17 – 8/17
Oversaw this Emmy-nominated ten-part documentary series from filming through post production. Officially Associate Executive Producer, also served as story producer, co-editor and co-cinematographer as well.
11/14 – 10/16
Head of Post Production
Staff Position — Woven Digital Details
11/14 – 10/16
• Oversaw post production teams on hundreds of doc productions including hiring & managing talent • Developed branded content & award-winning mini-documentaries from inception to delivery • Edited flagship programs & company communication (sizzles, promos, video case studies) • Story-produced all productions for OTT platforms, including Emmy-nominated US AGAINST THE WORLD • Defined storytelling best practices and workshops for all future talent
11/12 – 11/14
Lead Editor
Staff Position — Uproxx Media Group (formerly Woven Digital) Details
11/12 – 11/14
• Edited dozens of branded award-winning documentary slate & developed storytelling brand • Story produced & edited flagship campaigns for brands like Coors Banquet, Honda, HP & Toyota • Oversaw post production teams, including hiring & managing talent
7/10 – 12/13
Director (& Producer, Co-Editor) – Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo
Film (Feature-length) Details
7/10 – 12/13
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR/PRODUCER NORTH AMERICA • Earned Netflix distribution deal (’14-’17) and currently available on iTunes and Prime. • Audience Award & Best Documentary Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival; top awards at the American Documentary Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival and more. www.QueensandCowboys.com
2/08 – 7/10
Story Editor
Staff Position — Apparatus Productions Details
2/08 – 7/10
• Sought out IP to be produced into feature films and television programming for company’s Oscar-nominated director Marc Forster & Emmy-winning producer Brad Simpson.
7/06 – 2/08
1st Assistant to Partner Tory Metzger
Staff Position — CAA
7/06 – 2/08
1/05 – 5/06
Executive Assistant – Various
Film (Feature-length) — Various Details
1/05 – 5/06
• Read scripts and provided story feedback in addition to assisting top executives during productions such as Pirates of the Caribbean.
Media
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Education
Class of '06
USC
Cinema/TV
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