About

I am a filmmaker compelled by my fascination with form and life's contradictory forces. I often employ a sensorial approach, exploring ways for form to be an extension of content. Some recurring themes in my work include music, social justice, the environment, gender, and female perspectives.

My work has screened at festivals including the Austin Film Festival, Hot Docs, and the St. Louis Int’l Film Festival, and at community screenings hosted at Buddy Guy’s Legends, the Chicago History Museum, and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. I received the Director’s Award for Artistic Merit at the Santa Cruz Film Festival for my mid-length documentary I CAN ONLY BE MARY LANE. 

One of my proudest achievements was being recognized by the American Society of Cinematographers for my work on EMERALD ICE, a short 'docufantasy' exploring the life of American Poet Diane Wakoski. As a director of photography and camera person, I've collaborated with fellow filmmakers on projects featured at IDFA, the Chicago Int’l Film Festival, DocLisboa, and National Geographic’s short film showcase. 

My work has been supported by Northwestern's Buffett Institute on Global Affairs, the University Film and Video Association, as well as state and local government. I am the Founder of the Dayton Independent Film Festival and served as its Director from 2019 to 2022. Currently, I’m editing THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD: A FORGIVENESS JOURNEY WITH DESMOND TUTU (a feature doc Directed by Karen Hayes, Ubuntu Motion Pictures). My full length feature directorial debut MEDUSA, which explores this liminal figure in a modern context, will be entering the festival circuit in 2025.

I have a background in curriculum development, and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. At the University of Dayton, I taught courses such as Audio Production, Film Marketing & Distribution, Advocacy Filmmaking, and Documentary Theory. In my capacity as Filmmaker in Residence at Northwestern University, I conducted production labs, developed pedagogical content, and provided mentorship to students.

I received a BA in Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University.

“The antinomy between mind and body, word and deed, speech and silence, overcome. Everything is only a metaphor; there is only poetry." - Norman O. Brown