Education:
M.F.A., Temple University - 2006 (Film & Media Arts)
B.A., Oberlin College - 2000 (Art History)
Areas of Expertise:
Nonfiction and experimental filmmaker; Post-production specialist.
Creative Work
As Above, So Below (16mm, 50 min). World premiere at the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival, New York City premiere at the MoMA Documentary Fortnight and Los Angeles premiere at the Los Angeles Filmforum. 2012
Broad Channel (16mm, 14 min). Selected screenings include the Margaret Mead Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Rooftop Films, UnionDocs and the Director's Lounge in Berlin. 2010
Young Continent (HD, 7 min). Selected screenings include the Black Maria Film & Video Festival and the Millennium Film Workshop, New York. 2009
Minding the Hive (16mm & HD, 21 min). Funded by a New Program Award for the series Philadelphia Stories. Premiered on WYBE-TV 35 (MiND TV), with broadcast ongoing. 2008
Dear Bill Gates (16mm, 17 min). Selected screenings include the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ann Arbor Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, European Media Art Festival and Seattle International Film Festival. 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Jury Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, for As Above, So Below. (Awards and Honors) 2012
PSC-CUNY Research Award, for Timegivers. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Tow Faculty Travel Fellowship, Brooklyn College. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Jury Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, for Broad Channel. (Awards and Honors) 2011
New Faculty Fund, Brooklyn College. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
PSC-CUNY Research Award, for As Above, So Below. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
William Stewart Travel Award, CUNY. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
PSC-CUNY Research Award, for Broad Channel. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Director's Choice, Black Maria Film & Video Festival, for Young Continent. (Awards and Honors) 2009
PSC-CUNY Research Award, for As Above, So Below. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Best Experimental Film, Athens International Film Festival, for Dear Bill Gates. (Awards and Honors) 2008
Nominee, Tiger Award for Short Films, International Film Festival Rotterdam, for Dear Bill Gates. (Awards and Honors) 2008
Best Experimental Film, Santa Cruz Film Festival, for Dear Bill Gates. (Awards and Honors) 2007
Eileen Maitland Award for Most Promising Female Filmmaker and Audience Choice Awards, Ann Arbor Film Festival, for Dear Bill Gates. (Awards and Honors) 2007
New Visions Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, for Dear Bill Gates. (Awards and Honors) 2007
