FILMOGRAPHY
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Craig’s List Baby
writer | director | 2019 | short form series | comedy
A single woman wants a baby but can’t afford artificial insemination, so she put’s an ad on Craig’s List for the sperm of her dreams.
In contract
Love Boat: Taiwan
associate producer | 2019 | feature | documentary
Examining one of the longest running summer programs in the world.
– Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, official selection
– CAAMfest, official selection
– Asian Cinevision, official selection
Konko Returns
director | editor | 2018 | promo | comedy
Konko is resurrected for one more night at The Virgil’s beloved variety show “Victory Lap.”
America 1979
writer | 2017 | pilot script | dramedy
Dramedy pilot based on eponymous short film.
– IFP Week – No Borders, official selection
– Sundance Episodic Lab, shortlist
– Macro Episodic Lab, shortlist
– Scriptd.com, pilot of the month
– Cinequest Film Festival, semifinalist
– Stage 32 Television Writers, semifinalist
– We Screenplay Diverse Voices, semifinalist
Speak Chinglish
director | producer | 2016 | digital short | comedy
Jenna Lee can’t seem to make the right impression.
– CAAMfest, official selection
Spit
editor | 2015 | short film | drama
When the pain of creating overrides the desire to persevere.
– New Voices in Black Cinema, BAMCinematek
– Woodstock Film Festival, official selection
– Hollyshorts Film Festival, official selection
– American Black Film Festival, official selection
– Backstar Film Festival, official selection
– Cucalorus Film Festival, official selection
– Aspen Shortsfest, official selection
– San Francisco Black Film Festival, official selection
– Coney Island Film Festival, best short film award
– Bronx International Film Festival
– Harlem International Film Festival
– Baltimore Black Film Festival
-NYC Chain Film Festival
Like Any Other Kid
producer | 2015 | feature | documentary
Following incarcerated youth through programs where staff use guidance, limits and love to rehabilitate youth.
– Big Sky Film Festival, official selection
– Human Rights Festival of Barcelona
– Social Change International Film Festival
– Boost Film Festival
– Several community screenings
Untitled Creative Women Documentary
director | 2015 | digital series | documentary
Profiling a spectrum of professional women in creative fields.
America 1979
writer | director | producer | editor | 2014 | short film | drama
An Iranian American family copes with the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
– Clerrmont Ferrand Film Market, official selection
– Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, official selection
– CAAMfest, official selection
– Hollyshorts, official selection
– Palm Springs International Film Festival, official selection
– Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival,official selection
– Cannes Short Film Corner
– Noor Iranian Film Festival, official selection
– Screen Actor’s Guild Short Film Showcase, official selection
– Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, official selection
– International Peace and Film Festival, official selection
– South Western International Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– International Diaspora Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– New Filmmakers NYC, official selection
– Indieworks Monthly Series, Audience Award
– New York Women in Film Showcase, official selection
– Chicago Social Change Film Festival, official selection
– Global Peace Film Festival, official selection
– Brooklyn Arts Council Grantee
– New York Foundation for the Arts Grantee
– Puffin Foundation Grantee
Foreclosure
co-producer | 2014 | feature | horror
Race fueled supernatural forces tear a family apart.
Distributed by Virgil Films
Starring Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Wendell Pierce (The Wire).
24Before
writer | director | producer |editor | 2011 | series proof of concept | documentary
Following working creatives through 24 hours of their lives before a big show.
The Audition
director | 2010 | digital short | comedy
The ladies rule the casting couch in this comedy sketch by Booby Hatch.
Hidden Battles
producer | 2010 | feature | documentary
Telling stories of men and women who have killed in wars around the globe.
Distributed by Filmmakers Library
– Rhode Island International Film Festival, official selection
– SAMSHA Voice Award, official selection
– Santa Cruz Film Festival, official selection
– Salem Film Festival, official selection
– Hearts and Minds Film Festival, official selection
– Columbus Film Festival, official selection
– Istanbul International Documentary Film Festival, official selection
– Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, official selection
– Landlocked Film Festival, official selection
– Festival un Film per la Pace, official selection
– DocUTAH International Film Festival, official selection
– Unspoken Human Rights Film Festival, official selection
Get Fit with Alyson Stoner
director | 2008 | digital series | unscripted
Social issue conversations for tweens.
For Nintendo Wii.
My Name is Bubbles Smitty
writer | 2008 | feature script | comedy
A woman fakes her own death, and starts her life over again.
Various
sound editor | assistant sound editor | apprentice sound editor | IATSE Local 700
Sound editorial on over 40 films and televisions shows, garnering an Emmy Award
for Baghdad ER (HBO). 200-2008. Select Filmography:
– The Visitor
– Baghdad ER
– Fur
– The Notorious Betty Page
– Two Weeks Notice
– Y Tu Mama También
– The Wire
– The Man Who Wasn’t There
– Hedwig and the Angry Inch
EPK
director | 2007 | digital content | unscripted
For musical artist Joan As Police Woman’s new album To Survive.
Your Neighbor’s Steps
editor | 2006 | digital content | documentary
Following three families in post Katrina New Orleans. For Current TV.
High Life
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | feature | dramedy
A day-in-the-life miniature about a blocked artist who finds himself under siege by his brother’s pot-smoking teenaged crew.
Distributed by Indiepix Films
– San Francsico Independent Film Festival, official selection
– Montreal Pop Music and Film Festival, official selection
– Idaho International Film Festival, , official selection
– New Filmmakers NY, official selection
– several screenings in non-traditional spaces
Fancy Parking Trilogy
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | digital series | comedy
Branded content featuring “fancy parkers” for design team Plinko.
LuLu Le Mal: Celebrity Stalker
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | comedy
LuLu just can’t get enough.
Featuring cameo by director Ryan McFaul.
Memory Game
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | experimental
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and other heroes.
– Youtube featured video
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Impeach Beach
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | documentary
Documenting a peaceful protest calling for George Bush Jr.’s impeachment.
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Anne and Dan
writer | 2005 | pilot script | comedy
Female driven odd couple comedy.
Movement in Three Parts: Abridged
writer | director | producer | editor | 2004 | digital short | experimental
Exploring the movement of time.
-Featured on Drunken Boat, issue 6
Bombay Eunuch
associate producer | 2001 | feature | documentary
A haunting evocation of the emotional and political lives of a family of eunuchs living in the margins of today’s India.
Distributed theatrically by Cowboy Releasing
– several festivals, awards and critical acclaim
01 Writer
Craig’s List Baby
writer | director | 2019 | short form series | comedy
A single woman wants a baby but can’t afford artificial insemination, so she put’s an ad on Craig’s List for the sperm of her dreams.
In contract
America 1979
writer | 2017 | pilot script | dramedy
Dramedy pilot based on eponymous short film.
– IFP Week – No Borders, official selection
– Sundance Episodic Lab, shortlist
– Macro Episodic Lab, shortlist
– Scriptd.com, pilot of the month
– Cinequest Film Festival, semifinalist
– Stage 32 Television Writers, semifinalist
– We Screenplay Diverse Voices, semifinalist
America 1979
writer | director | producer | editor | 2014 | short film | drama
An Iranian American family copes with the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
– Clerrmont Ferrand Film Market, official selection
– Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, official selection
– CAAMfest, official selection
– Hollyshorts, official selection
– Palm Springs International Film Festival, official selection
– Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival,official selection
– Cannes Short Film Corner
– Noor Iranian Film Festival, official selection
– Screen Actor’s Guild Short Film Showcase, official selection
– Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, official selection
– International Peace and Film Festival, official selection
– South Western International Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– International Diaspora Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– New Filmmakers NYC, official selection
– Indieworks Monthly Series, Audience Award
– New York Women in Film Showcase, official selection
– Chicago Social Change Film Festival, official selection
– Global Peace Film Festival, official selection
– Brooklyn Arts Council Grantee
– New York Foundation for the Arts Grantee
– Puffin Foundation Grantee
24Before
writer | director | producer |editor | 2011 | series proof of concept | documentary
Following working creatives through 24 hours of their lives before a big show.
My Name is Bubbles Smitty
writer | 2008 | feature script | comedy
A woman fakes her own death, and starts her life over again.
High Life
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | feature | dramedy
A day-in-the-life miniature about a blocked artist who finds himself under siege by his brother’s pot-smoking teenaged crew.
Distributed by Indiepix Films
– San Francsico Independent Film Festival, official selection
– Montreal Pop Music and Film Festival, official selection
– Idaho International Film Festival, , official selection
– New Filmmakers NY, official selection
– several screenings in non-traditional spaces
Fancy Parking Trilogy
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | digital series | comedy
Branded content featuring “fancy parkers” for design team Plinko.
LuLu Le Mal: Celebrity Stalker
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | comedy
LuLu just can’t get enough.
Featuring cameo by director Ryan McFaul.
Memory Game
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | experimental
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and other heroes.
– Youtube featured video
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Impeach Beach
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | documentary
Documenting a peaceful protest calling for George Bush Jr.’s impeachment.
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Anne and Dan
writer | 2005 | pilot script | comedy
Female driven odd couple comedy.
Movement in Three Parts: Abridged
writer | director | producer | editor | 2004 | digital short | experimental
Exploring the movement of time.
-Featured on Drunken Boat, issue 6
02 Director
Craig’s List Baby
writer | director | 2019 | short form series | comedy
A single woman wants a baby but can’t afford artificial insemination, so she put’s an ad on Craig’s List for the sperm of her dreams.
In contract
Konko Returns
director | editor | 2018 | promo | comedy
Konko is resurrected for one more night at The Virgil’s beloved variety show “Victory Lap.”
Speak Chinglish
director | producer | 2016 | digital short | comedy
Jenna Lee can’t seem to make the right impression.
– CAAMfest, official selection
Untitled Creative Women Documentary
director | 2015 | digital series | documentary
Profiling a spectrum of professional women in creative fields.
America 1979
writer | director | producer | editor | 2014 | short film | drama
An Iranian American family copes with the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
– Clerrmont Ferrand Film Market, official selection
– Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, official selection
– CAAMfest, official selection
– Hollyshorts, official selection
– Palm Springs International Film Festival, official selection
– Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival,official selection
– Cannes Short Film Corner
– Noor Iranian Film Festival, official selection
– Screen Actor’s Guild Short Film Showcase, official selection
– Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, official selection
– International Peace and Film Festival, official selection
– South Western International Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– International Diaspora Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– New Filmmakers NYC, official selection
– Indieworks Monthly Series, Audience Award
– New York Women in Film Showcase, official selection
– Chicago Social Change Film Festival, official selection
– Global Peace Film Festival, official selection
– Brooklyn Arts Council Grantee
– New York Foundation for the Arts Grantee
– Puffin Foundation Grantee
24Before
writer | director | producer |editor | 2011 | series proof of concept | documentary
Following working creatives through 24 hours of their lives before a big show.
The Audition
director | 2010 | digital short | comedy
The ladies rule the casting couch in this comedy sketch by Booby Hatch.
Get Fit with Alyson Stoner
director | 2008 | digital series | unscripted
Social issue conversations for tweens.
For Nintendo Wii.
EPK
director | 2007 | digital content | unscripted
For musical artist Joan As Police Woman’s new album To Survive.
High Life
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | feature | dramedy
A day-in-the-life miniature about a blocked artist who finds himself under siege by his brother’s pot-smoking teenaged crew.
Distributed by Indiepix Films
– San Francsico Independent Film Festival, official selection
– Montreal Pop Music and Film Festival, official selection
– Idaho International Film Festival, , official selection
– New Filmmakers NY, official selection
– several screenings in non-traditional spaces
Fancy Parking Trilogy
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | digital series | comedy
Branded content featuring “fancy parkers” for design team Plinko.
LuLu Le Mal: Celebrity Stalker
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | comedy
LuLu just can’t get enough.
Featuring cameo by director Ryan McFaul.
Memory Game
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | experimental
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and other heroes.
– Youtube featured video
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Impeach Beach
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | documentary
Documenting a peaceful protest calling for George Bush Jr.’s impeachment.
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Movement in Three Parts: Abridged
writer | director | producer | editor | 2004 | digital short | experimental
Exploring the movement of time.
-Featured on Drunken Boat, issue 6
03 Producer
Love Boat: Taiwan
associate producer | 2019 | feature | documentary
Examining one of the longest running summer programs in the world.
– Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, official selection
– CAAMfest, official selection
– Asian Cinevision, official selection
Speak Chinglish
director | producer | 2016 | digital short | comedy
Jenna Lee can’t seem to make the right impression.
– CAAMfest, official selection
Like Any Other Kid
producer | 2015 | feature | documentary
Following incarcerated youth through programs where staff use guidance, limits and love to rehabilitate youth.
– Big Sky Film Festival, official selection
– Human Rights Festival of Barcelona
– Social Change International Film Festival
– Boost Film Festival
– Several community screenings
America 1979
writer | director | producer | editor | 2014 | short film | drama
An Iranian American family copes with the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
– Clerrmont Ferrand Film Market, official selection
– Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, official selection
– CAAMfest, official selection
– Hollyshorts, official selection
– Palm Springs International Film Festival, official selection
– Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival,official selection
– Cannes Short Film Corner
– Noor Iranian Film Festival, official selection
– Screen Actor’s Guild Short Film Showcase, official selection
– Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, official selection
– International Peace and Film Festival, official selection
– South Western International Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– International Diaspora Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– New Filmmakers NYC, official selection
– Indieworks Monthly Series, Audience Award
– New York Women in Film Showcase, official selection
– Chicago Social Change Film Festival, official selection
– Global Peace Film Festival, official selection
– Brooklyn Arts Council Grantee
– New York Foundation for the Arts Grantee
– Puffin Foundation Grantee
Foreclosure
co-producer | 2014 | feature | horror
Race fueled supernatural forces tear a family apart.
Distributed by Virgil Films
Starring Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Wendell Pierce (The Wire).
24Before
writer | director | producer |editor | 2011 | series proof of concept | documentary
Following working creatives through 24 hours of their lives before a big show.
Hidden Battles
producer | 2010 | feature | documentary
Telling stories of men and women who have killed in wars around the globe.
Distributed by Filmmakers Library
– Rhode Island International Film Festival, official selection
– SAMSHA Voice Award, official selection
– Santa Cruz Film Festival, official selection
– Salem Film Festival, official selection
– Hearts and Minds Film Festival, official selection
– Columbus Film Festival, official selection
– Istanbul International Documentary Film Festival, official selection
– Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, official selection
– Landlocked Film Festival, official selection
– Festival un Film per la Pace, official selection
– DocUTAH International Film Festival, official selection
– Unspoken Human Rights Film Festival, official selection
High Life
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | feature | dramedy
A day-in-the-life miniature about a blocked artist who finds himself under siege by his brother’s pot-smoking teenaged crew.
Distributed by Indiepix Films
– San Francsico Independent Film Festival, official selection
– Montreal Pop Music and Film Festival, official selection
– Idaho International Film Festival, , official selection
– New Filmmakers NY, official selection
– several screenings in non-traditional spaces
Fancy Parking Trilogy
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | digital series | comedy
Branded content featuring “fancy parkers” for design team Plinko.
LuLu Le Mal: Celebrity Stalker
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | comedy
LuLu just can’t get enough.
Featuring cameo by director Ryan McFaul.
Memory Game
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | experimental
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and other heroes.
– Youtube featured video
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Impeach Beach
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | documentary
Documenting a peaceful protest calling for George Bush Jr.’s impeachment.
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Movement in Three Parts: Abridged
writer | director | producer | editor | 2004 | digital short | experimental
Exploring the movement of time.
-Featured on Drunken Boat, issue 6
Bombay Eunuch
associate producer | 2001 | feature | documentary
A haunting evocation of the emotional and political lives of a family of eunuchs living in the margins of today’s India.
Distributed theatrically by Cowboy Releasing
– several festivals, awards and critical acclaim
04 Editor
Konko Returns
director | editor | 2018 | promo | comedy
Konko is resurrected for one more night at The Virgil’s beloved variety show “Victory Lap.”
Spit
editor | 2015 | short film | drama
When the pain of creating overrides the desire to persevere.
– New Voices in Black Cinema, BAMCinematek
– Woodstock Film Festival, official selection
– Hollyshorts Film Festival, official selection
– American Black Film Festival, official selection
– Backstar Film Festival, official selection
– Cucalorus Film Festival, official selection
– Aspen Shortsfest, official selection
– San Francisco Black Film Festival, official selection
– Coney Island Film Festival, best short film award
– Bronx International Film Festival
– Harlem International Film Festival
– Baltimore Black Film Festival
-NYC Chain Film Festiva
America 1979
writer | director | producer | editor | 2014 | short film | drama
An Iranian American family copes with the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
– Clerrmont Ferrand Film Market, official selection
– Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, official selection
– CAAMfest, official selection
– Hollyshorts, official selection
– Palm Springs International Film Festival, official selection
– Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival,official selection
– Cannes Short Film Corner
– Noor Iranian Film Festival, official selection
– Screen Actor’s Guild Short Film Showcase, official selection
– Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, official selection
– International Peace and Film Festival, official selection
– South Western International Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– International Diaspora Film Festival (Canada), official selection
– New Filmmakers NYC, official selection
– Indieworks Monthly Series, Audience Award
– New York Women in Film Showcase, official selection
– Chicago Social Change Film Festival, official selection
– Global Peace Film Festival, official selection
– Brooklyn Arts Council Grantee
– New York Foundation for the Arts Grantee
– Puffin Foundation Grantee
24Before
writer | director | producer |editor | 2011 | series proof of concept | documentary
Following working creatives through 24 hours of their lives before a big show.
Various
sound editor | assistant sound editor | apprentice sound editor | IATSE Local 700
Sound editorial on over 40 films and televisions shows, garnering an Emmy Award
for Baghdad ER (HBO). 200-2008. Select Filmography:
– The Visitor
– Baghdad ER
– Fur
– The Notorious Betty Page
– Two Weeks Notice
– Y Tu Mama También
– The Wire
– The Man Who Wasn’t There
– Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Your Neighbor’s Steps
editor | 2006 | digital content | documentary
Following three families in post Katrina New Orleans. For Current TV.
High Life
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | feature | dramedy
A day-in-the-life miniature about a blocked artist who finds himself under siege by his brother’s pot-smoking teenaged crew.
Distributed by Indiepix Films
– San Francsico Independent Film Festival, official selection
– Montreal Pop Music and Film Festival, official selection
– Idaho International Film Festival, , official selection
– New Filmmakers NY, official selection
– several screenings in non-traditional spaces
Fancy Parking Trilogy
writer | director | producer | editor | 2006 | digital series | comedy
Branded content featuring “fancy parkers” for design team Plinko.
LuLu Le Mal: Celebrity Stalker
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | comedy
LuLu just can’t get enough.
Featuring cameo by director Ryan McFaul.
Memory Game
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | experimental
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and other heroes.
– Youtube featured video
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Impeach Beach
writer | director | producer | editor | 2005 | digital short | documentary
Documenting a peaceful protest calling for George Bush Jr.’s impeachment.
– Created at the San Mateo Video Residency
Movement in Three Parts: Abridged
writer | director | producer | editor | 2004 | digital short | experimental
Exploring the movement of time.
-Featured on Drunken Boat, issue 6