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Film Accolades

2025 AI on The Lot Screening - "voicemails to her grandson"

2025 Runway AI, Student Ambassador

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

  • Emmy Award-winning commercials directed

  • Directed / produced / shot / edited thousands of commercial videos with advertising agency

  • Projects aired on national TV, outdoors at Times Square, to millions online

 

Freelance Video | Director, Producer, DP, Editor | 2015 – Present

  • Clients include 2K Games, Lids, Build-A-Bear Workshop, PBS, Architectural Digest, Art Miami

 

Indiana Memorial Union Board  |  Film Programming Director  |  2013

  • Directed creative programming and renowned weekly film series, managed operational team

  • 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

  • MFA in Film & Television Production, School of Cinematic Arts

  • Nationally recognized work in Screenwriting, Narrative, AI and Virtual Production

  • Produced USC’s First Interactive Thesis Film

  • 2025 Runway AI Student Ambassador

  • 2024-2025 Annenberg Fellow, Phi Kappa Phi

Indiana University Bloomington  |  August 2010 -  May 2014

  • Bachelor of Arts, majors in Telecommunications and Film Studies, minor in Art History

  • Graduation ceremony student speaker finalist

  • Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude

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