2019
DIRECTOR/WRITER/EDITOR - SHEPHERD'S GATE (SHORT FILM)
Based on the Shepherd’s Gate women’s shelter in the East Bay Area.
Winner - Best Message - Shore to Shore Film Festival - Glendale, CA
Best Drama Nominee - FirstGlance FilmFestival Philadelphia
Go to shepgatefilm.com to stay updated on future screenings and info.
2018-2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / SCRIPT SUPERVISOR / EDITOR - "DEATH BLOOD 4"
Now available on Amazon Prime Video! My colleague Chris De Pretis wrote and is directing this wonderful tongue-in-cheek feature sci-fi/horror film over the summer of 2018. I was very happy to step out of the director's chair to support his vision and the work of our teammates. Follow @DeathBlood4 on Instagram for updates!
Some behind the scenes looks at our summertime production! Foilow @deathblood4 on Instagram for more!
2017-2018
CO-DIRECTOR / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - "SO I THINK MY BOSS IS A VAMPIRE" (ON-SPEC TV PILOT / SHORT FILM)
Go to the film's Facebook page for info!
The name says it all :) This was a very collaborative project with a few co-workers who wanted to make an on-spec TV pilot.
2012-2014
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
I produced video content for WSJ.com and the newspapers QR code links.
My most successful video at over SIX MILLION VIEWS (and counting) was "Five Ways to Know Your Dog Loves You" featuring my yellow labrador, Violet.
Aside from producing content, I supervised the SF bureau's production equipment and facilitated the building of a new studio set.
2013
DIRECTOR/WRITER/EDITOR/SOUND DESIGNER - G.P.S.
Check it out at www.gpsshort.com!
Official Selection - 2014 Sonoma International Film Festival and 2014 FirstGlance Film Festival Los Angeles.
G.P.S. is a short suspense thriller filmed in Napa. Grace's emotions are taken past the breaking point after planting a G.P.S. device in her husband's car and discovering where he has been spending his days.
Starring Michelle LaRue (The Middle, Workaholics).
2011-2012:
Fox 11 LA’s Elex Michaelson leads QA with the cast and crew during our private screening
DIRECTOR/EDITOR/SOUND DESIGNER - NOT ALONE
An Official Selection of the 2012 FirstGlance Film Festival Online Short Competition. Not Alone is a short suspense thriller about a young woman coming home to find that there's a killer on the loose, and someone's hiding in her house...
Co-written and produced by Erica Bardin.
Music by Julia Newmann & Cody Westheimer.
Starring: Jill Shackelford, Erica Bardin, Keli Moore, Kirstin Benson, Jay Tando, Michelle LaRue, and Blake Armstrong. Special appearances by Elex Michaelson (Fox 11 Los Angeles) and Brittany Ishibashi (This Is Us, Grace and Frankie)
2011-2012:
ISDN ENGINEER - LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER - NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (KCRW)
I engineered the mixing board whenever Robert Scheer broadcasted from the Annenberg Radio Booth at USC to KCRW over ISDN.
2011-2012:
I designed that logo and all the signage too :)
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - ANNENBERG RADIO NEWS - USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM - KXSC 1560AM
SPJ Award-winning radio newscast. Director: Willa Seidenberg.
2005:
Eva Longoria was still up and coming when we worked on this production. Desperate Housewives premiered about a few months earlier :)
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR - HUSTLER'S INSTINCT
Comedy short produced by Omar Meza. Directed by Umberto Gonzalez.
Featuring Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives, The Sentinel).
2004:
ASSISTANT EDITOR - THE P.T.A.
Short film/TV pitch for the ABC Family series. Produced by Gary Bryman.
This version featured Natasha Henstridge (Species, The Whole Nine Yards) and Conchata Ferrell (Two and a Half Men, Edward Scissorhands).
2003:
SOUND & TITLE DESIGNER - OPPORTUNITIES
Short produced by Shant Tutunjian. Directed by Katie Harrington.
Featuring Da'Vone McDonald (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek)
2001:
EDITORIAL INTERN - INDUSTRIAL LIGHT + MAGIC - LUCASFILM, LTD.
Shows: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Pearl Harbor, The Time Machine, The Majestic, Minority Report, Gangs of New York, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones