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About Me.

Crafting compelling content since 2004.

I am a versatile producer with expertise across television, social media, advertising, and corporate 

communications. From producing deeply researched documentaries to developing vertical video series for tech start-ups, I’ve spent 20 years crafting innovative multi-platform content that spans formats and genres.  

 

I have secured permissions for shuttle launches at NASA, filmed aboriginal artists in the remote Tiwi Islands, interviewed A-list celebrities, and directed everyday people with extraordinary stories. My documentary work has been featured on National Geographic, ABC, Discovery Networks, CNN, A&E, PBS and more.  

 

Whether it’s TikTok, streaming or Youtube Shorts, I am committed to creating groundbreaking, trending visuals that resonate across mediums; clients including Toys’R’Us, The James Beard Foundation, The New Yorker, Google Creative Lab, Ernst & Young and Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project. My early career focused on political media, working on advertisements for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Moveon.org, and Hillary Clinton’s first presidential bid.  

 

My non-fiction expertise is bolstered by an in-depth archive research and licensing knowledge-base. I have secured the only posthumous commercial usage of Heath Ledger’s ’s likeness, discovered unpublished behind-the-scenes videos and images from Jaws & Animal House, and worked with major film studios and archive house to supervise content usage for worldwide distribution. 

 

I grew up in rural Northwest, Ohio and studied photojournalism and video production at Ohio University. Currently I live in Brooklyn with my terrier-mix Waylon and spend my free time gardening, playing softball, and exploring the city with friends.

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