Resume

SELECTED CREDITS

Director and Producer, VIGILANTE, INC. (80min)

Tubi (premiered May 6, 2023)

Secured access to whistleblowers, delved into leaked documents and archive, and conducted interviews to detail how the crime app Citizen spurred a real-life manhunt in LA.

Director and Producer, THE SHOCKWAVE (44min)

VICE TV (premiered June 20, 2021)

Using never-before-seen CCTV footage, this award-winning doc interweaves three narrative storylines at Beirut’s oldest hospital, revealing the heroism that unfolded after the 2020 explosion.

Director, THE OTHER VIRUS (44min)

VICE TV (premiered June 13, 2021)

Filmed in Brazil at the height of the pandemic to investigate COVID-19 misinformation in the country.

Producer, VICE NEWS TONIGHT

VICE TV (premiered April 21, 2021)

Segment: “Inside McDonald’s Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Problem”

McDonald’s workers and franchise owners come forward in a piece that quickly garnered more than 800K views on YouTube, hosted by correspondent Isobel Yeung.

Producer, VICE

Showtime (2020–2023)

Segments: “Quitting WeWork,” “Know Your Enemy,” “Hack Back,” “Almost Intelligent”

Produced across three seasons of Vice’s flagship newsmagazine series, helping the show earn two Primetime Emmy nominations two years in a row covering topics like AI, cyberwar and COVID.

Producer, RED, WHITE & WHO? (44min)

MSNBC (premiered Dec. 29, 2019)

Produced a prime-time special about health care hosted by comedian Francesca Fiorentini, which featured an interview with then presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders filmed in an NYC deli.

Director and Producer, UNADOPTED (27min)

KQED & PBS (premiered May 1, 2021)

An indictment of America’s child welfare system as seen through the eyes of Noel Anaya, who spent 19 years in foster care. Screened at several film festivals in 2020 before airing on PBS in 2021.

Director of Photography, SHOOK

CBC Gem (premiered Oct. 2019)

Shot vérité scenes (C300 Mark II) of a woman leaving Canada to run for office in her native Mexico.

Director and Producer, CYBERWAR

VICELAND (2016–2017)

Traveled to Russia, Ukraine and several other countries to make 10 half-hour episodes of this investigative show.

AWARDS

2022 News & Documentary Emmy Award – Outstanding Research: News – “The Shockwave”

2022 News & Documentary Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form – “The Shockwave”

2022 duPont-Columbia Award – “The Shockwave”

2021 National Edward R. Murrow Award – News Documentary – “Unadopted”

EDUCATION

M.S. in Journalism, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM SCHOOL (2010)

Graduated with a concentration in digital media and produced a video master’s project and website about Steinway pianos.

B.A. in English, summa cum laude, CORNELL UNIVERSITY (2004)

SKILLS / MORE

I’m a capable shooter (C300 and other cameras), video editor (Adobe Premiere) and still photographer (Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom). I speak advanced French (TCF B2/C1) and basic Spanish.

I grew up playing classical piano, studied music theory in college, and wrote/performed the score for the short film “Conjuring Elf,” which screened at the Coney Island Film Festival in 2006.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

For a summary of my professional experiences, please visit my LinkedIn page.