On the set of TOOTH (2022)
TOOTH premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival (2023)
As an award-winning editor and filmmaker, I am driven by a passion for crafting stories that engage and captivate audiences, drawing them into the human experience. With over a decade of experience in advertising, I have honed my skills through working with boutique editorial houses and agencies, cutting commercials and branded content for reputable brands like Apple, Gatorade, Airbnb, Uniqlo, and Lexus.
In addition to my commercial work, I also specialize in feature documentaries. Recent highlights include Body Electric, which explores body image in the LGBTQ community, and Desert Angel, a poignant portrait film about a man who is determined to bring closure to families torn apart by the harsh realities of migration.
As a documentary filmmaker, I am dedicated to creating character-driven stories with a social impact. My feature directorial debut, Trichster, delves into the lives of those living with the body-focused repetitive behavior, trichotillomania. My latest documentary, Second Assault, examines the trauma of reporting sexual violence and the additional trauma survivors often face when not believed. These films have been featured in publications such as Huffington Post, Refinery29, and ABC News, and continue to have an impact as educational documentaries on college campuses. Second Assault is also currently being used as a police training tool at several police departments across the United States.
My latest film, TOOTH, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2023 and has garnered numerous awards at nearly 40 festivals worldwide. I’m also a film programmer at the Los Angeles-based Salute Your Shorts Film Festival and the Slamdance Film Festival.
I’ve been making films for as long as I can remember, and although my tastes have evolved from re-creating Britney Spears music videos & SNL sketches as a kid to editing commercials and making social-issue documentaries as an adult, I remain as committed as ever to telling powerful stories. When I’m not focused on filmmaking, you can find me playing piano, walking along the beaches of Santa Monica or watching TikToks cuddled up next to my cat, Sasha.