Graduate DP Reel
Accolades
2024 Peabody Awards - Screening Committee Member for Documentary Film
2024 Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival - "Marionnettiste"
2024 Hollyshorts Film Festival, Monthly Screening - "Thank You For Watching"
2024 Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, Short Film Market - "Thank You For Watching"
2023 MarCom Gold Award - "Republic Airways, Flight Paths" Campaign
2022 Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes - "International Comfort Products, Doorway to Comfort" :30 TV
2022 Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes - "Know The Facts Indiana, Providing Love & Community" :30 TV
2021 Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes - "Gleaners Food Bank, Coloring Book" :30 TV
2021 Emmy Win, Lower Great Lakes - "Indiana FSSA, Recovery is Possible" 2:00 TV
2021 Hobnobben International Film Festival - "I AM SO SO SORRY"
2021 Pop Con International Film Festival - "I AM SO SO SORRY"
2020 DeHann Artist of Distinction Award, Arts Council of Indianapolis - “Mirror Mind”
2020 4SCENE Film Fest - "Azieb | Lens"
2020 Gold Telly Award - Gleaners Food Bank "Coloring Book" :30 TV
2020 AAF Indianapolis American Advertising Award - Gleaners Food Bank "Coloring Book" :30 TV
2019 Art Miami Social Showcase – “Tarik Currimbhoy | A Simple Journey”
2019 PBS NewsHour “American Graduate” – footage used in national broadcast
2019 Guest Lecturer for advanced documentary filmmaking – Indiana University Bloomington
2019 NACWA National Environmental Achievement Award – Citizens 360 Tunnel Tour
2019 PRSA Pinnacle Awards – Republic Airways – “Serving Barriere Battant, Haiti”
2019 Indy Film Fest – “Onward Ever”
2019 Toronto Water Docs Film Festival – “Onward Ever”
2019 SYRCL Wild & Scenic Film Festival – “Onward Ever”
2018 Indiana Humanities: Next IN Campfires Film Grant (National Endowment for the Humanities)
2018 Telly Awards – Gleaners Food Bank “Picky Eaters” :30 TV
2018 Indy Film Fest – “Dale Enochs | Set In Stone” and “Amy Kirchner | Quiet of Mind”
2017 SOFA Chicago – “Dale Enochs | Set In Stone” and “Amy Kirchner | Quiet of Mind”
2017 PRSA Pinnacle Awards – Citizens Energy Group “Instagram Social Media Campaign”
2017 East Lansing Film Festival – “King of Baskets”
2016 Indy Film Fest – “King of Baskets”
2016 TURN Festival – “Paramount Proud”
2016 Iris Film Festival, Audience Choice Winner – “Good Man”
2015 BLOW-UP International Art House Film Festival – “Good Man”
2010-2014 IU Cinema Film Showcases – Films screened
Positions
CVR | Writer / Director - May 2016 – July 2022
Wrote, directed, shot, edited and produced thousands of commercials, aired across TV, retail, outdoor, web and social
Cantaloupe | Video Editor - September 2015 – May 2016
Assembled corporate videos for a wide range of clients
Q7 Associates | Video Services - Winter 2014 – Fall 2015
Created videos for experience-based marketing firm
Indiana Memorial Union Board | Film Programming Director - 2013
Directed weekly film series, managed operational team
WTIU (PBS) | Production Assistant / Editor - Fall 2012
Education
University of Southern California | August 2022 - Now
School of Cinematic Arts
MFA, Film & Television Production
Indiana University | August 2010 - May 2014
BA, Telecommunications, Film Studies, Art History
Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude