Summary

I'm a director of AR/VR and 16:9, focusing on actor driven and genre pieces that thrill audiences. I've done a considerable amount of commercial and corporate work, as well as directed theater and documentary for fun and profit.

Credits

12/22 – Current

Director The Tent

SXSW — Digital
12/22 – Current
5/19 – 5/20

Director The Visigoths

Cannes Film Festival — Digital — Beard & Glasses VR Details
5/19 – 5/20

Conceived and directed an intimate romantic drama, "The Visigoths" as a Virtual Reality experience. Premiered at SIFF 2018, International Premiere at Cannes in 2019.

4/17 – 5/19

Director Diverse & Subversive

Oculus/Meta TV — Digital — Beard & Glasses VR Details
4/17 – 5/19

Wrote, Direct and Produced a 360 documentary about the radical anti-gentrification activists of Boyle Heights as they used black bloc tactics to protest Art Galleries and Coffeeshops. Premiered at Cannes in 2019.

3/15 – 6/15

Director Los Angeles River Follies Part 2 (Season 2)

Digital — Digital — Los Angeles City Council Details
3/15 – 6/15

Conceived and directed a tongue-in-cheek thriller featuring the Los Angeles City Council racing cars in the bed of the L.A. River, doing parkour, and other ridiculous things for L.A. River Day at City. Hall.

6/14 – 6/14

Director The L.A. City Council River Follies

Film (Short) — Valley Spring Lane Films Details
6/14 – 6/14

Directed and produced a comedic short for the Los Angeles City Council to celebrate the opening of the L.A. River Recreation Zones.

2/14 – 6/14

Producer One Day In L.A. (Season 1)

TV — One Day On Earth Details
2/14 – 6/14

Responsible for producing the Los Angeles portion of a nationwide documentary series "Your Day, Your City, Your Future." Co-ordinated hundreds of filmmakers telling stories for the future of Los Angeles, and specifically producing nearly 50 different shoots with non-profits, local government and others pushing Los Angeles towards a better future.

9/13 – 3/14

Preditor Purell Education Network (Season 1)

Digital Details
9/13 – 3/14

Member of small team responsible for conceiving, executing and delivering 1 hour of content a week for a startup educational network.

8/13 – 10/13

Director (Theater) The Hebrew Hillbilly

Live/Special Event — Santa Monica Playhouse Details
8/13 – 10/13

Directed Shelli Fisher's "The Hebrew Hillbilly" a tale of a young Jewish blues singer growing up in Memphis in the 50's.

Recos

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Education

Kenyon College

Theater

Harvard Westlake

High School

My Gear

  • Glidecam
  • Sennheiser lavalier
  • Panasonic Lumix GH2
  • Zoom H4n Digital Multitrack Recorder

Skills

  • Producing
  • Reality
  • Video Production
  • Directing
  • Digital Media
  • Documentaries
  • Film
  • Film Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Video Editing
  • Theatre
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Feature Films
  • Independent Film
  • Short Films
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Musical Theatre
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Theatrical Production