Education

  • 2023 (expected) MFA Experimental & Documentary Arts, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • 2023 (expected) Certificate in College Teaching, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • 2012 BA Interdisciplinary Studies: Multimedia Storytelling, Emory University — Atlanta, GA, Cum Laude

Professional Work

  • 2014–present Founder, Director, Cinematographer, Forage Films, LLC — Atlanta, GA & Durham, NC

Teaching Experience

  • Summer 2023 Instructor of Record, Duke University — Durham, NC, CINE 357S: Editing for Film & Video

  • Spring 2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Duke University — Durham, NC, CINE 373S: Recycled Cinema

  • Spring 2023, 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Duke University — Durham, NC, ARTSVIS 721: Intermediate Sculpture

  • Fall 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Duke University — Durham, NC, CINE 301S: Moving Image Practice

  • Summer 2022 Studio Assistant, Penland — Bakersville, NC, Hollow Core Construction Ceramics

  • Spring 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Duke University — Durham, NC, ARTSVIS 721: Intermediate Sculpture

  • Fall 2019 Instructor, Emory University — Atlanta, GA, Film Department Prerequisite: Camera/Audio/Lighting Workshop

  • 2012–2015 Ceramics Instructor, WonderRoot Community Arts Center — Atlanta, GA

Films

  • 2023 (expected) The Dumpster Dive (17:00), Writer/Director, MFA thesis film

  • 2023 (expected) Seed Sowers (26:40), Director/Cinematographer, Screening: PBS North Carolina

  • 2023 (expected) The Lotus Blooms in Murky Waters, Director/Cinematographer

  • 2021 In the Weeds (10:00), Director/Cinematographer, Featured Screenings: Oxford Film Festival (2023), Cucalorus (2022), Mimesis (2022), Cosmic Rays (2022), Duke Independent Film Festival (2022)

  • 2021 Smile Little Ladybug (16:40), Director/Cinematographer, Featured Screenings: River Bend Film Festival (2023), RiverRun Film Festival (2022), Sidewalk Film Festival (2022), Cucalorus (2022), Maryland Film Festival (2022), Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (2022), Atlanta Children’s Film Festival (2022)

  • 2019 The Home Team (45:08), Co-director, Director of Photography, Screenings: Central States Film Festival (2019), Cucalorus Film Festival, (2019), Milledgeville Film Festival (2019), Bronzelens Film Festival (2019)

  • 2019 Power Lines (26:17), Director, Director of Photography, Featured Screenings: Winner “Best Documentary” Southern Shorts Awards (2019), Cucalorus Film Festival (2019), Milledgeville Film Festival (2019), Georgia Documentary Film Festival (2019)

  • 2018 American Hasi (14:05) - Director, Director of Photography, Featured Screenings: Winner “Best Documentary” Calcutta Cult Film Festival, (2019), Laughing Skull Comedy Film Festival (2019), Austin Asian, American Film Festival (2019), New York Asian American Film Festival, (2019), Chicago South Asian Film Festival (2019), South Asian Film Festival (2019), Third I Film Festival (2019), New York Comedy Festival (2019), Dallas Fort Worth South Asian Film Festival (2019)

Featured Clients

  • 2022 Georgia PBS (GPB), A Crisis of Substance (56:00), Director, Atlanta, GA

  • 2021 HBO, How to Survive and Plague II (dir. David France), Unit DP, Atlanta, GA

  • 2021 Red Lobster, Commercial, Director, Atlanta, GA

  • 2021 The Trust For Public Land, Branded Documentary, Director, Atlanta, GA

  • 2020 VICE, Overlooked: Georgia’s Maternal Mortality Crisis, Unit DP, Atlanta, GA

  • 2019-2021 Parents Magazine (Online Edition), Parenting Against All Odds Series, Director, Atlanta, GA

  • 2018 Paint Love, Assorted Projects, Filmmaker, Atlanta, GA

  • 2017–2019 Community Farmers Markets, Branded Documentary Series, Filmmaker, Atlanta, GA

  • 2016 Lambda Legal, Assorted Projects, Videographer, Atlanta, GA

  • 2015–2016 Art on the Beltline, Assorted Projects, Filmmaker, Atlanta, GA

Residencies, Fellowships & Artist Talks

  • 2022 Artist Talk, The Business of Filmmaking, UNC Wilmington — Wilmington, NC

  • 2021–2022 Race and the Professions Fellowship, Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • Summer 2019 Artist Talk, Power Lines, Alternate ROOTS — Asheville, NC

  • Winter 2019 Selina Film Residency, Panajachel & Antigua, Guatemala

  • 2018 - 2019 Kiva Media Fellowship, Guatemala, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya

  • Spring 2017 Artist Talk, The Temple Bombing, Limmud Southeast — Clayton, GA

  • Fall 2016 Visiting Artist, Film, Media, and Social Change, Emory University Center for Ethics — Atlanta, GA

Grants, Awards & Scholarships

  • 2022, 2021 Grant Recipient, Dean’s Research Award, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • 2022 Winner “Best Picture,” In the Weeds, Duke Independent Film Festival — Durham, NC

  • 2022 Grant Recipient, Facing the Anthropocene, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • 2022 Grant Recipient, The Lotus Blooms in Murky Waters, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • 2022 Grant Recipient, Walltown Community Mural, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • 2022 Winner “Best Short Documentary,” Smile Little Ladybug, Atlanta Children’s Film Festival — Atlanta, GA

  • 2021 Grant Recipient, Seed Sowers, Made in NC Film Grant — Wilmington, NC

  • 2021 Finalist, Smile Little Ladybug, IF/THEN South Pitch — New Orleans, LA (Virtual)

  • 2021 Scholarship Recipient, Penland — Bakersville, NC

  • 2020 Grant Recipient, Smile Little Ladybug, Alabama Holocaust Commission — Birmingham, AL

  • 2019 Winner “International Artist Award,” Jazzy Sunset Zigzag Vase, Wilmington Arts Council — Wilmington, NC

  • 2019 Winner “Best Documentary,” Power Lines, Southern Shorts Awards — Atlanta, GA

  • 2019, 2018 Grant Recipient, Smile Little Ladybug, The Home Team, Power Lines, Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs — Atlanta, GA

  • 2018 Grant Recipient, Power Lines, Ideal Capital — Atlanta, GA

  • 2018 Recipient, Emory 40 Under 40, Emory University Magazine

  • 2017 Grant Recipient, The Home Team, Fulton County Artist Grant — Atlanta, GA

Exhibitions & Installations

  • 2021 Self Portrait in a Blonde Wig (Installation), Permeables, Group Exhibition, Duke University — Durham, NC

  • 2021 Jazzy Sunset Zigzag Vase (Sculpture), Wilmington Art Association Spring Show — Wilmington, NC

Languages

  • Native English speaker, Advanced Conversational Spanish (C1)