FILM AND TELEVISION WORK

Currently, I'm lead editing two episodes of a series called MAGIC CITY: AN AMERICAN FANTASY about the premiere all-Black strip club in ATL that has helped define hip hop culture. The series pilot premiered at SXSW and we are finishing it for Starz. The series is directed by Chas Todd and Bayan Joonan is showrunner. Its EPs include Drake and Jermaine Dupri. Production company is NYC's Scheme Engine. The show is executed intelligently with a good mix of archival and interview. It has commercial finesse that's fresh for the documentary genre. It's a fun show.

 I should be available for work November-ish 2024.

I’ve been working forever, it seems, on a documentary called 5 DAYS – an intimate portrait of a man who faces a five-day trial and 30 years in prison for child molestation. I really hope one day I’ll get it done. It’s an important film.

In 2023, I was an editor on another Black story – a 5-part historical series  for HBO about Tawana Brawley and the controversial grand jury trial that followed her rape accusation in the 80s. It is still unreleased. Another doc series, HOW MUSIC GOT FREE, was also at SXSW 2024 and was released on Paramount+.

In 2022 I directed six episodes of the reality docu-series SISTER WIVES for TLC/Discovery. (Yes, the “knife in the kidney” episode.) That same year I also directed WASTELAND for Seether (Fantasy Records), a personal favourite, which won the award for Best Cinematography at the California Music Video Awards and has over 2.5 million views on YouTube. Sandwiched in between that was three seasons of a web cooking show called Cooking With Just Christine for TLC Digital featuring reality star Christine Brown. 

In 2021, my edit work for the archival-heavy, interview-driven PRIDE (Hulu/FX) series came out. My episodes detail the 1960s (Director: Andrew Ahn) and 1970s (Director: Cheryl Dunye) in the LGBTQ movement. It was nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary Series.

I’ll let you check out my imdB for a full list of credits but basically, I’ve been editing for 15+ years and directing for 10. Some highlights:

One of my most successful projects still my first short documentary, ELDER, which I directed and edited. It details the story of Tom Clark who was a Mormon missionary in Italy during the 70s and fell in love with a Communist man. It was nominated for Best Short Doc at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and was a selection for the Emmy award-winning New York Times Op-Docs series. It went on to win a jury prize for Best Short Documentary at the Napa Valley Film Festival. 

After that, I directed a branded doc for Dicks Sporting Goods, SECOND TO NONE, in 2016 about Isabella and Margaux Isaksen, two sisters vying for an Olympic slot on the U.S. Pentathlon Team. It was featured on ESPN.

 GAME TO LOSE (2017) for indie-folk supergroup I’m With Her (Rounder Records) is still a favourite project. It was featured in Rolling Stone, Variety, The Guardian, JamBase and Daily Motion. 

I’ve also had the pleasure of being paid to film music videos, short documentaries, and promos for Steve Martin, Andrew Bird, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, the Violent Femmes, The Record Company, and Lindsey Sterling. My 13-year-old self can’t believe I actually got to do that.