awards 

Best Historical Cultural Long Form Content | Capital Emmys |  2025  
Finding Us | PBS REEL South and a SideXSide Studios Production | Director

Award of Excellence | IMPACT Docs |  2024  
Finding US | PBS REEL South and a SideXSide Studios Production | Director

Best Cinematography for Documentary | American Advertising Awards |  2022  
Jersey Mikes “Sub Abovers” Series | Director of Photography

Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast | News & Documentary Emmys |  2019
VICE News Tonight: The Day Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Told Her Story About Brett Kavanaugh

Finalist | Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting |  2016  
National Geographic Special Issue on Gender | Contributing Video Elements:
Hear Kids' Honest Opinions About Being A Boy or Girl Around the World  & A Transgender Teen's Emotional Transition to Womanhood | Video Producer, Editor

Video of the Year | Society of Publication Designers | 2016
A Transgender Teen's Emotional Transition to Womanhood | Video Producer

Silver for Video Series | Society of Publication Designers | 2016
The New Europeans Video Interactive | Video Producer, Editor

Best Website | ASME | 2016
Contributing Video Elements: The New Europeans Video Interactive & He Left Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Behind To Mentor Kids in Juárez | Video Producer, Editor

Video of the Year | Society of Publication Designers | 2016
A Transgender Teen's Emotional Transition to Womanhood | Video Producer

Honorable Mention for Documentary Video | WHNPA | 2015
A Child Prodigy, A Painful Disease, A Life-Changing Treatment | Producer, Cinematographer, Editor

First Place for Multimedia | College Photographer of the Year | 2013
The Girl In Heels | Producer, Cinematographer, Editor

HI, NICE TO MEET YOU

I’m an Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker, director, and cinematographer who believes the best stories do more than inform us—they help us see one another more clearly.

For the past 13 years, I’ve created nonfiction work across documentary film, museum installations, branded content, and digital platforms. My clients and collaborators have included Hilton, LinkedIn, Starbucks, HIAS, VICE, Jesuit Refugee Service, LinkedIn, the USO, and National Geographic.

As Creative Director at SideXSide Studios, I led feature-length and short-form documentary projects from early development through production and post. I’ve directed shoots around the world, often building and leading local crews in complex, cross-cultural environments. Whether I’m working with a small documentary team or coordinating a global production, I bring curiosity, collaboration, a strong visual sensibility, and a deep respect for the people who trust me with their stories.

Some of my most meaningful work has been created for museums. I’ve directed and edited installations for Holocaust Museum Houston and The Zekelman Holocaust Center, translating personal histories into immersive experiences that invite audiences to listen, reflect, and connect. My forthcoming projects explore immigration across American history and celebrate the beauty, culture, and traditions of the Midwest.

I directed the Emmy Award–winning short documentary Finding Us, part of PBS REEL South. The film follows four descendants of people enslaved by the Jesuits of Georgetown University as they use their unique talents to rebuild family trees shattered nearly two centuries ago, when a sale scattered their relatives across the South.

I was also a Pulitzer Center grantee for crisis reporting for my work with National Geographic on widows’ rights in Uganda. My films have screened at festivals including DC/DOX, the Richmond International Film Festival, DC Black Film Festival, DC Shorts International Film Festival, the American Documentary and Animation Film Festival, and the Annapolis Film Festival.

Since 2017, I’ve helped lead the Washington, D.C., chapter of Video Consortium, creating opportunities for nonfiction filmmakers to connect, collaborate, and find inspiration in one another’s work.

Whether I’m filming in the field, shaping a museum experience, or leading a global production, I’m drawn to stories that connect people, confront imbalances of power, and reveal the resilience, complexity, and humanity within us.

honors

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | 2016 Grantee
This Widow's Relatives Stole Everything...Now She's Fighting Back |  Producer, Cinematographer, Editor

Free Spirit Media Workshop | 2017 Workshop Leader
With the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

FotoFilm DC Festival | 2016
This Intimate Look At A Woman's Last Days Will Touch Your Soul |  Producer, Editor