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Film Accolades
2025 AI on The Lot Screening - "voicemails to her grandson"
2025 Runway AI, Student Ambassador
2025 Silver Telly Award - "Dusky Panther's 5-Minute Variety Hour"
2025 Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival - "Dusky Panther's 5-Minute Variety Hour"
2024 PBS So Cal Fine Cut Finalist - "Marionnettiste"
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 USC Generative Imaging Film Festival - "Playing Catch"
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 (Ad Agency) | Writer / Director, Creative Department | May 2016 – July 2022
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Emmy Award-winning commercials directed
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Directed / produced / shot / edited thousands of commercial videos with advertising agency
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Projects aired on national TV, outdoors at Times Square, to millions online
Freelance Video | Director, Producer, DP, Editor | 2015 – Present
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Clients include 2K Games, Lids, Build-A-Bear Workshop, PBS, Architectural Digest, Art Miami
Indiana Memorial Union Board | Film Programming Director | 2013
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Directed creative programming and renowned weekly film series, managed operational team
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Arranged speaking engagements for Academy Award nominated filmmakers
Volunteer
Peabody Awards | Screening Committee Member, Documentary | December 2023 – February 2025
SpectreVision (Elijah Wood) | Development Intern | September 2024 – December 2024
Sony Cine | Cinema Cameras Internship | April 2024 – October 2024
Ghost House Pictures (Sam Raimi) | Feature & TV Development Intern | May 2023 – August 2023
Education
University of Southern California | August 2022 - May 2025
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MFA in Film & Television Production, School of Cinematic Arts
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Nationally recognized work in Screenwriting, Narrative, AI and Virtual Production
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Produced USC’s First Interactive Thesis Film
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2025 Runway AI Student Ambassador
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2024-2025 Annenberg Fellow, Phi Kappa Phi
Indiana University Bloomington | August 2010 - May 2014
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Bachelor of Arts, majors in Telecommunications and Film Studies, minor in Art History
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Graduation ceremony student speaker finalist
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Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude