Hello! Thank you for visiting my portfolio site. I'm an experienced filmmaker and content producer who's been telling stories through different mediums for 5+ years--whether through filmmaking/production/post-production, reporting/producing, or public relations/marketing. I'd love to help you tell your story!
My videographer/editor sizzle reel includes edits from my documentary film production work in Tuvalu, Cuba, Chicago, and Alabama.
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Production Experience:
Production Assistant and Treatment Designer, One at Optimus
Chicago, IL
August 2019 - Current
Executive Producer, Production Manager, and Assistant Editor, We Are Tuvalu
Chicago, IL; Funafuti, Tuvalu
October 2018 - May 2020
Freelance Videographer, Rambler Productions
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
November 2017 - May 2019
Director, Producer, and Editor, #WordsStick Campaign
Chicago, IL
January 2019 - May 2019
Film Fellow, Southern Exposure Film Fellowship
Birmingham, AL
June - August 2019
Production Assistant and Treatment Designer, One at Optimus
Chicago, IL
August 2019 - Current
- Promoted from Production Intern (August 2019 - November 2019)
- Pre-production responsibilities include but aren't limited to: Collaborates with the One at Optimus executive producer on director screenings throughout Chicago, compiles and updates director reels, tracks and manages job leads, collaborates with directors to create and design treatments, job prep including wrap book and hard drive prep/maintenance
- Production responsibilities: Wears multiple hats on commercial sets including Assistant Production Coordinator, Production Assistant, DIT, Script Supervisor, other duties assigned
- Office responsibilities: Completes wrap book for jobs, oversees office and production supply ordering, and maintains the digital catalogue of company job history
Executive Producer, Production Manager, and Assistant Editor, We Are Tuvalu
Chicago, IL; Funafuti, Tuvalu
October 2018 - May 2020
- Pre-production responsibilities included: collaborating with the director to create budget, grant writing, communication with contacts in Tuvalu, scheduling, and researching topics for the documentary
- Production responsibilities included: Traveling to Tuvalu and collaborating with director and production team to ensure production shoots went smoothly, teaching filmmaking to Tuvalu youth, securing interviews and scheduling locations for shoots, collaborating with translators, and cinematography
- Post-production responsibilities included: ingesting and logging footage, creating draft edits of segments of the film, and collaborating with the editor on tweaks to the feature-length film
Freelance Videographer, Rambler Productions
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
November 2017 - May 2019
- Responsible for the pre-production, production, and post-production of events
- Shot video in the field and studio. Events shot include: Holocaust Remembrance, 2018 CineYouth Acting for the Camera, Chicago Headliner's Club's FOIA Fest 2019, and the Quinlan School of Business' "Leaning In Together" and "Marketing and Technology: Chadi Saab of Leo Burnett."
- Met with clients to discuss goals and needs for production shoot
Director, Producer, and Editor, #WordsStick Campaign
Chicago, IL
January 2019 - May 2019
- Created and directed five short videos for this social awareness campaign. I sourced, scheduled, directed shoots, and edited these short films together
- This campaign was nominated for the 2019 Chicago/Midwest Chapter College Emmy/Crystal Pillar Award and received a 2020 BEA Award of Excellence award for the Educational Category
Film Fellow, Southern Exposure Film Fellowship
Birmingham, AL
June - August 2019
- Directed, produced, and edited Ashes to Ashes, a short documentary about how coal ash pollution is impacting communities in Alabama
- Ashes to Ashes was accepted into a variety of film festivals across the U.S., received the 2019 Big Muddy Film Festival John Michaels Film Award, and was favorably commented on by former Vice President Al Gore
