Narrative

I can provide links to full versions of the films below on request.

WAVES | 2017 | 9 mins
Co-director, writer, cinematographer, and co-editor.

On a birthday trip to Coney Island, an abandoned boy crosses paths with a wayward girl. For an afternoon, they try to leave the difficult lives of their parents behind them.

VIRTUE | 2018 | 20 mins
Co-director, co-writer, cinematographer, and co-editor.

At a birthday dinner between a group of intellectually-inclined friends, events spiral out of control with the arrival of an unexpected guest.

ONE BAR MORE | 2021 | 8 mins
Director, cinematographer, and editor.

Two aspiring teenage rappers rework their bars for an upcoming competition.

Notes: Winner of Raindance Film Festival’s Open Shorts Night.

HAIL DAISY | In development | Feature-length
Director and co-writer.

As a teenager prepares for confirmation in a conservative English fishing village, she confronts two long-held family secrets: her father’s closeted gender expression and her own sexual abuse. Their shared truths forge a powerful bond, but threaten to tear the family apart.

Notes: HAIL DAISY, while a piece of fiction, is based on the experiences of my family.

The film’s screenplay is an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Quarter-Finalist, a finalist for Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition, and a winner of the Golden Script Competition.