Credit: Editor
An official selection of SXSW 2021, “Trade Center,” a short documentary film edited by myself and directed by Adam Baran (Circus of Books), juxtaposes an oral history of gay cruising spaces in and around New York’s Twin Towers with images of the post 9/11, hyper-commercial, police state around the Freedom Tower. “Trade Center” has also screened at AFI Docs, Frameline, and won Juried awards at Oak Cliff Film Festival and North Bend Film Festival.
The three-part documentary, Obama: In the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union, chronicles the personal and political journey of President Barack Obama, as the country grapples with its racial history. Through the story of one man irrevocably bound to the history of a country, the documentary reflects on the country's past and present national identity. For this project, I worked as an assistant editor managing the archive for the offline edit, and then performed the final archival master conform for broadcast delivery.
Credits: Associate Editor (Episodes 104, 105, and 107) and Assistant Editor (All episodes in season 1)
HBO’s The Vow is a nine-part docuseries directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer (The Square, The Great Hack) that tells the story behind the headlines of the sex cult and human branding within the NXIVM organization that broke in 2017. The edit combines a wide range of media, from original verite to archival audio and video of various digital and physical media to detailed composites and psychedlic graphic sequences to explore cult indoctrination and the vulnerability of the human psyche. I worked for over two years as an assistant editor with creative responsibilities, ushering season one through its full post production cycle, and garnered a series wide credit as second assistant editor and associate editor credits on episode four, five, and seven.
Credit: Editor
I edited a trailer to assist with fundraising for a documentary by filmmaker Dawn Green which tells an autobiographical story about the effect of Alzheimer’s disease on her life. The trailer helped her raise over 8,000 dollars in an IndieGoGo campaign and helped secure in-kind donated support from the Cardozo Indie Film Law Clinic. The film, Sheltering Love, is still currently in early production and development. You can learn more at shelteringlovefilm.com.
Credit: Additional Editor
I worked as an additional editor alongside lead editor Jason Linzer to create a PSA style mini-documentary to serve as an intro to Mayor Bill de Blasio's 2018 State of the City address. The piece was produced by Rachel Velasquez and Jason Linzer with Julia Pitch as the Director of Photography.
Credit: Producer
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This 16 episode branded content series documents the journeys of four people developing their side-hustle. The series followers a theater director, two gin makers, a beef jerky creator, and a creative florist. We used an unscripted, journalistically-inspired documentary style to follow the four subjects over the course of four months, documenting their push to turn their side-hustle into a viable businesses, using the subject matter, casting, and edit of the footage to align the story with Squarespace's brand idea that anyone in today's world can turn their passion into something more.
Credit: Producer
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This interactive video series takes a look at what the world might look like if selected events in WWII had gone in a different direction through animated audio interviews with expert analysis from historians. Produced in nine weeks and composed of approximately 23 minutes of footage over three episodes, each installment utilizes interactive video features to allow the viewer to choose how they explore the narrative.
Credit: Producer and Writer
I co-produced and co-directed a short documentary about Dandy subculture and style. Collaborating with a team of fellow producers (Lisa Dapolito, Desireena Almoradie, Alexa Benitez) and DPs (Cory Dross and Rob Poswall) and working over the weekend, we created this this short doc in our spare time with no budget for the 2014 Doc Challenge, a juried competition of short documentaries concepted, produced, edited, and delivered within a 72 hour window. Within the team, I was responsible for sourcing talent, vetting rights for 3rd party material, writing interview questions, and supervising the interview. While we did not win the competition, our short is currently the most watched entry on The Doc Challenge's YouTube channel by approximately 20,000 views.
