2015 - present

Freelance

Videographer, Editor, Designer | Los Angeles, CA

• Direct, shoot and/or edit commercials, music videos, shorts, and animations for ad agencies, social justice interventions, bands, and more. (Select World: Wella Professionals, Clairol, Douglas; DCX: Elmhurst Milk, CoffeeFlour, “Trump Huts”)

2018

MIDWAY (2019)

Cinematographer's Assistant | Los Angeles, CA

• Assisted DP Robby Baumgartner with camera, lens, and lighting tests during pre-production on the 2019 feature film MIDWAY
• Drafted lighting plots for large-scale stage shoots
• Researched and organized reference materials

2016 - 2018

Columbia School of Social Work

Video Producer, Digital Specialist (part-time) | New York, NY

• Directed, produced, shot, and edited the School’s digital video content for web and social media
• Managed projects such as digital marketing campaigns and development on the School's website
• Provided other creative services including writing, photography, graphic design, web and email design for the School’s marketing materials

2016

Third Party Films

Associate Producer | Brooklyn, NY

• Pre-production and field producing for “Confessional,” an HBO non-fiction series in which people share their stories and secrets with an artificially intelligent machine inside a pop-up confessional booth
• Managed delivery to HBO and festival outreach for the 40-min HBO documentary short “Clínica de Migrantes” (Awards: Telluride Mountainfilm, Full Frame, Palm Springs Shortfest)
• Developed and wrote episodes for “The Strand,” a non-fiction miniseries about DNA

2015 - 2016

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Writers’ Assistant | New York, NY

• Researched daily news stories and wrote joke premises for the monologue and sketch writers
• Covered other production tasks related to writing the monologue

Summer 2015

Gerber Pictures

Script Intern | Burbank, CA

• Wrote script coverage and performed administrative office tasks for Bill Gerber’s production company at Warner Bros. Studios

2013 - 2014

On Harvard Time

President/Executive Producer | Cambridge, MA

• Oversaw the production of video content for a Harvard comedy news show with 7k subscribers and
  3.8M channel views on YouTube, and a staff of 40+
• Directed and co-wrote a viral video that got over 1 million views in 5 days, “Harvard Tours Yale”

Summer 2012

CONAN

Stage Intern, Production Intern | Burbank, CA

• Assisted the three stage managers on the studio floor of Conan O’Brien’s late night show
• Covered desks and phones of executive assistants, completed production office tasks

2011 - 2015

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA

• Magna cum laude in History and Literature, secondary in Film and Video Production
• Awards: James Buell Munn Prize, Artist Development Fellowship, Sydney Williams Jr. Grant

Summer 2013

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin | Berlin, Germany

• Studied at a joint Harvard-DFFB filmmaking program

Fall 2009

Brandeis University | Waltham, MA

• Completed a course in 3D animation