Summary

I'm an Emmy nominated, award-winning showrunning creative and a responsible, resourceful producer for scripted, unscripted & docs. I can conceive a story in the office, capture it on location and tell it in the edit room. Especially comedy, food & travel.

Credits

12/20 – 1/22

Producer/Director Black Action Figures

Film (Short) — Numeric Pictures Details
12/20 – 1/22

A short doc about dolls and representation.

2/18 – 12/21

Producer/Director Ping Pong Parkinsons

Film (Short) — Numeric Pictures Details
2/18 – 12/21

I was the Producer/Director/Shooter of PING PONG PARKINSON’S, a doc about how playing ping pong can halt, or even reverse, the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This film was recently recognized with an Honorable Mention from the World Parkinson’s Congress.

4/19 – 4/20

Producer/Director Font: The Typograpy Movie

Film (Feature-length) — Numeric Pictures
4/19 – 4/20
12/18 – 12/19

Producer/Director Catalyst: The Early Years of Chicago Hip Hop

Film (Feature-length) — Numeric Pictures
12/18 – 12/19
6/17 – 6/18

Producer/Director Start Up Bus

Film (Short) — Numeric Pictures Details
6/17 – 6/18

Equal parts hackathon, road trip and bootcamp, StartupBus is an annual competition where top members of the tech community to hop on a bus and conceive, build and launch a startup in three days. Buses travelled from NYC and five other cities in North America to coverage at a tech conference in New Orleans where the teams of “bus-trepreneurs” competed in pitching the business they created along the way. I was embedded on the NY bus and alternated between being a fly-on-the-wall, confidante, interviewer, sounding board and friend.

1/18 – 2/18

Producer/Director Dying of Curiosity

Film (Short) — Numeric Pictures Details
1/18 – 2/18

I was the filmmaker for this documentary about the artist Jenifer Angus, her use of insects to create art, and her site-specific installation piece at the Hudson River Museum.

10/17 – 1/18

Producer/Director Better Together

Corporate — Numeric Pictures Details
10/17 – 1/18

I was the Producer/Director/Shooter of BETTER TOGETHER, a short doc for the Simplura Health Group about the relationship between home heath care patients and their caregivers.

3/17 – 5/17

Producer/Director The Artists of YoHo (Season 1)

YouTube — Digital — Numeric Pictures Details
3/17 – 5/17

I was the Producer/Director/Shooter of THE ARTISTS OF YOHO, A five part documentary about artists, their stories and their work leading up to their open studio weekend.

Unions

  • Producers Guild of America (PGA)

Orgs

  • NY NATAS
  • Silver Telly Council

Recos

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Co-Producer
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Education

New York University

BFA in film and television production

My Gear

  • Macbook Pro
  • Camera
  • Lighting Kit
  • Wireless mics
  • Boom microphone
  • monitors
  • Audio Mixer

Skills

  • Producing
  • Directing
  • Writing
  • Development
  • Documentary
  • Comedy
  • Adobe Premiere
  • location shoots
  • scripted
  • Unscripted
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Food
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • showrunning
  • Telly award winner
  • AVA Award winner
  • Emmy nominated
  • Hermes Creative Award winner
  • Horizon Interactive Award winner
  • Magellan Award winner
  • Videographer Award of Excellence
  • W3 Award winner
  • Webby Award winner