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Media


HOW I SEE IT

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Media


HOW I SEE IT


FEATURED WORK


Above: short creative nonfiction film Secrets and Seeds.

Below: original cello music, improvised with a loop pedal, on Spotify and Apple Music. Click album covers for Spotify.


CREATIVE NONFICTION



MULTIMEDIA


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HIGHLIGHTS 2015-2020


Featured excerpts from American Bear: An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers, Boundaries, and I’m A Tree.


DOCUMENTARY + NARRATIVE



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BIG STEPS

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BIG STEPS

M.S. CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

B.F.A. FILM AND TELEVISION, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

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Community Education


FILM + MEDIA EDUCATION

Community Education


FILM + MEDIA EDUCATION

MEDIA ARTS WORKSHOPS

DOCUMENTARY, STOP MOTION, AND MORE

partners include southern oregon university, armadillo community charter school, rogue art gallery, and willow wind community learning center

2024-2025

WAMS INSTRUCTOR - Ashland Middle School

DIGITAL MEDIA FOR ALL STUDENTS

VIDEO PRODUCTION

MEDIA LITERACY

 

2023

WALKING ACROSS THE U.S.

From a Wall to a Lighthouse

2020-2022

CINEMATIC ARTS FACULTY - L.A. County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)

DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION

media literacy

ARTS FOR ACTIVISM SEMINAR

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY COMMITTEE

TRANSFORMATIVE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

CINEMA AND TELEVISION FACULTY - Fullerton College

crtv 175: documentary filmmaking

CINEMATIC ARTS FACULTY - Rio Hondo College

TV 135: digital filmmaking i: intro

TV 136: DIGITAL FILMMAKING II: INTERMEDIATE

ART 115: THE ART OF FILM

ANTIRACIST INTERGROUP DIALOGUE PROGRAM CO-FOUNDER and FACILITATOR

2019-2020

VIDEO ARTS WORKSHOPS: “BANISH STIGMA,” “AFTER THE FLOOD,” “DOUBLE VISION” - artworxLA

CINEMATIC ARTS FACULTY - L.A. County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)

DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION

ART + FILM TEACHER INSTITUTE - L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA)

CINEMATIC ARTS FACULTY - Rio Hondo College

TV 135: Creative digital video

CINEMA AND TELEVISION FACULTY - Fullerton College

crtv 118: intro to radio, tv, and filM



2018-2019

VIDEO ARTS WORKSHOPS: “HUMAN NATURE” AND “BECOMING L.A.” - artworxLA

DIRECT THIS: FILMMAKING CLASS - Venice Arts

LEAD FILM INSTRUCTOR - Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

INAUGURAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM FOR 60 TEENS IN SOUTH L.A.

CINEMATIC ARTS FACULTY - L.A. County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)

INTRO TO NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY, AND EXPERIMENTAL FILM PRODUCTION

2017-2018

DOCUMENTARY ARTS WORKSHOPS: "VOICES OF A MOVEMENT" AND "MONUMENTS AND MEMORY" - artworxLA

ART + FILM TEACHER INSTITUTE - L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA)

INAUGURAL FILMMAKING WORKSHOP FOR TEENS IN MILITARY-CONNECTED FAMILIES - L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA)

MOVIE MAKERS HEAD MENTOR - Young Storytellers Foundation

FILM PRODUCTION MENTOR - Shalhevet High School

NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOPS - Mobile Film Classroom

MEDIA ARTS INTEGRATION COACH - L.A. County Office of Education (LACOE)

2011-2015

PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP - Alamosa, CO

with adams state university

YOUNG FILMMAKERS WORKSHOP - Denver, CO

with the denver film festival

ARTS EMERGING STOP MOTION ANIMATION WORKSHOP - Syracuse, NY

WITH SYRACUSE STAGE

CREATIVE EXPRESSION WORKSHOP - Syracuse, NY

WITH 601 TULLY 

ASSISTANT RESIDENCE DIRECTOR - Syracuse University

co-chair of the engaged citizenship committee and alternative spring break committee

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American Bear


AMERICAN BEAR

An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers

American Bear


AMERICAN BEAR

An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - Director, Producer, Co-Editor

 

Join Greg and Sarah as they set out on a 60-day road trip to explore trust, fear, and compassion across the U.S. - by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night.

 

DISTRIBUTED ON ITUNES, AMAZON, GOOGLE PLAY, and more / screened at 75+ theaters, universities, colleges / 10-month NATIONAL THEATRICAL AND EDUCATIONAL TOUR / WINNER OF AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD AT ATLANTA DOCUFEST / WINNER OF FILM FUND PITCH COMPETITION AT THE AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Explore more on the American Bear website.