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Resume

Select Directorial Work

The Stories Cars Were Made For – documentary feature currently in post-production

Cards – LGBTQ romance

  • Official Selection of the 2023 LGBTQ Marseille Film Festival

TMNT Sheroes in a Half Shell – spec commercial for eBay

Marry Me – romantic comedy with Lady Farts Comedy

  • Best Costume Design for the 2019 48 Hour Comedy Film Festival

  • Best Production Design for the 2019 48 Hour Comedy Film Festival

Out of Your Mime – comedic short

  • Official Selection of the 2023 Lift-Off Global Network Sessions

The Run In – coming of age 1990’s period piece

15 Minutes – dramatic short

  • Best North American Film at the 2018 NA Film Awards

Things that Happen at Night – dramatic short

  • 2nd Place Audience Award at the 2017 California Women’s Film Festival in Hollywood

  • Official Selection of the 2017 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival

Share Hope USA – documentary short

  • currently distributed by Lightbeam.tv

Welch’s Fruit Snacks – spec commercial for Welch's

Liability – action short

  • Official Selection of the 2022 Mysuru International Film Festival

Biker Babes – viral video sponsored by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company

  • Official Selection of the 2007 Crussell Fine Arts Joshua Tree Short Film Festival

Open Toes – musical comedic adaptation of West Side Story

  • 2007 Golden Elmo Award

Between the Pieces – dramatic short

  • Financed by UCSB Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Grant

The Chase – black & white 16mm silent film crime drama

  • Official Selection of the 2006 Reel Loud Film Festival

Additional Work Experience

  • 15 years as a freelance Script Supervisor

  • 300+ productions including 56 features and countless commercials

  • proud member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 871

  • taught Script Supervision seminars at UCLA, UCSB, LAFS, & LIMS

  • University employment as a Student Operator then Technical Director for UCSB Video Services

  • Office internship for Nick Osborne and Trevor Engelson at Underground Films & Management

Education

  • Training under Jason Davids Scott in Improv Comedy

  • Training under Jackie Apodaca in the Art of Directing Actors

  • University of California Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts in Film and Media Studies, with Honors

  • Mentorships from Script Supervisors Suzie Sax & Heather Cappiello and from Screenwriter Tom Lazarus

  • Mole Richardson Lighting Workshops

  • Video Production Courses & Extra Curriculars at Yucca Valley High School    

  • University of California Los Angeles Digital Filmmaking Camp

Awards and Accomplishments

  • UC Santa Barbara’s 2008 Film and Media Studies Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

  • Recipient of the 2007 Paul N. and Elinor T. Lazarus Screenwriting Scholarship

  • Edited 16mm film that won the Judge’s Choice Award at the 2007 Reel Loud Film Festival

  • Won 2nd Place in the 2006 UCSB Word Farm Screenplay Competition

  • Animated for 16mm Claymation that won the Golden Reel Award at the 2005 Reel Loud Film Festival.

  • Won 2nd Place in the 2003 California-Nevada-Hawaii Key Club Video Contest

  • Organized and directed 4-camera live shoots for sports and theater productions

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