EDUCATION
M.F.A. Temple University, Film and Media Arts Program. Graduated, 2012.
Certificate in Disability Studies. Temple University, College of Education, 2012.
B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth University, Film and Photography. Graduated Cum Laude, 2005.
FILMS & SCREENINGS
Doorknob (In Production) Short Animation. Writer, Animator.
2023 Recipient of the Ohio University’s Baker Award
Reunion (In Post- Production) Short, Live Action. Writer, Co-Director
2023 Recipient of the College of Fine Arts Professional Development Award
Recipient of the Undergraduate Experiential Learning Stewardship Grant
Pottero (2021) Short Animation. Writer, Animator.
2023 Official Selection Women of Appalachia Project , Winner Best in Show, OH
Official Selection Blow-Up International Art House Film Festival , Semi-Finalist Best Animation
2022 Official Selection Cucalorus Film Festival, NC
Official Selection Berkeley Springs Film Festival, Winner Best Short Screenplay, WVA
Official Selection 307 International Film Festival, WY
Official Selection Bedford International Film Festival, VA
Official Selection Provincetown International Film Festival, Winner Best Animation, MA
Official Selection Maryland Film Festival, MD
Official Selection Phoenix Film Festival, AZ
Official Selection Boston Underground Film Festival, MA
Official Selection Animation Dingle Film Festival and Conference, Ireland
Official Selection Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, MN
Official Selection North X North International Film Festival, MN
Official Selection Athens International Film and Video Festival, OH
Official Selection Davis Feminist Film Festival, CA
Official Selection New Jersey Film Festival, Winner Best Animation, NJ
Official Selection Adventure Film Festival 32MML, Spain
Official Selection WILDsound Feedback Film Festival, Canada
Official Selection Blue Ridge Film Festival, GA
Official Selection James River Short Film Showcase, Winner Best Film, VA
2021 Official Selection Anchorage International Film Festival, Winner Best Animated Short, AK
Official Selection Axwound Film Festival, VT
Official Selection Festival International Del Cinema Di Salerno, Italy
Official Selection Toronto International Women Film Festival, Winner Best Animation, Canada
Official Selection Short to the Point, Romania
Official Selection LA Independent Women Film Awards, CA
Official Selection Animation Marathon, Greece
Official Selection Carrboro Film Festival, NC
Official Selection Lake Placid Film Festival, NY
2020 UFVA Conference WIP Screening
Daughter (2020) Music Video. Director, DP
2020 International Release through Good Cry Records
Little Wilderness (2015-2020) Feature film script. Writer.
2018 Quarter Finalist for the Screencraft Feature Screenplay Competition
2017 Quarter Finalist for the 2017 Slamdance Screenplay Competition
2017 North Mountain Artist in Residence, Shanghai, WV.
2015 Finalist for Sundance Screenwriting Labs
The FBI Blew Up My Ice Skates (2016) Co-directed with Sara Zia Ebrahimi Hughes
2021 Monitor: Surveillance, Data, and the New Panoptic Fall exhibition ICA: MECA Portland, ME
2020 Asian Pacific Virtual Showcase (APVS): Retrospective, Los Angelos, CA
2017 Remember When Shorts Line-Up PhillyCAM. Phila, PA
Official Selection Open Video Call, Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art. Phila, PA.
Official Selection DC Asian American Film Festival. Washington, D.C.
Official Selection Ithaca Pan Asian American Film Festival. Ithaca, NY.
Official Selection Columbus International Film Festival. Columbus, OH.
Official Selection Cleveland International Film Festival. Cleveland, OH.
Official Selection DC Asian American Film Festival. Washington, D.C.
Newton Theater Independent Film Showcase. Bucks County, PA.
Philadelphia Film Showcase. Philadelphia, PA
2016 Official Selection Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA.
AKA Profile Glitch (2014) Writer and Performer.
2015 Official Selection International Symposium on Electronic Art. Vancouver, Canada.
Love Letter (2012) Super 16 mm, TRT 13:00. Writer/Director.
2014 Official Selection Citizen Jane Film Festival. Columbia, MO.
Official Selection Louisville International Festival of Film. Louisville, KY.
Official Selection Snake Alley Festival of Film. Burlington, Iowa.
Official Selection Berkshire Shorts. Lee, MA.
Official Selection Slamdance Film Festival. Park City, Utah.
2013 Official Selection Brooklyn International Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY.
2012 Puppet Manualfesto Fall Showcase. Walking Fish Theater, Philadelphia, PA.
Uprooted Screening Series. Philadelphia, PA.
Every Speed (2012) TRT 12:07. Co-directed with Julia Fuller
2015 Official Selection New Urbanism Film Festival. Los Angelos, CA.
Soulful Chicago Stories sponsored by Chicago Artist Month, Chicago, IL.
Run of Life: Experimental Documentary and Expanded Media Series. Chicago, IL.
Bodies and Boundaries Conference sponsored by New York University. Washington, D.C.
Official Selection Ethnografilm Festival. Paris, France.
2014 Official Selection Street Utopia- American Institute’s Architects Architecture in the City Festival. San Francisco, CA.
Official Selection Screening Scholarship Media Festival. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.
2013 Official Selection San Francisco Documentary Festival. San Francisco, California.
Main text for Professor Gail Corso’s English 101 Course. Newton University, PA.
Official Selection Louisville International Festival of Film. Louisville, Kentucky.
Official Selection Northside Festival DIY Competition, Brooklyn, New York.
Temple University’s Disability and the Teaching of Writing Symposium at Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Official Selection Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio.
Official Selection Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, Iowa City, Iowa.
Official Selection Asolo Film Festival, juried program. Asolo, Italy. Winner Best Film on Architecture.
It's Not You, It's We (2010) TRT 7:00
2011 Moles Not Molar Reading and Screening Series Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art Winter Exhibition.
Official Selection Open Video Call Screening, Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art.
Official Selection Access and Paradox, The NOMAD Project, juried program. Paris, France.
2010 Some Things Change, Gallery One. Philadelphia, PA.
Diamond Screen Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA Nominated for Best Graduate Film, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Narrative Film, Diamond Screen Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2019-now Assistant Professor & Associate Director School of Film, Ohio University. Athens, OH.
2016- 2019 Assistant Professor. Film Production and Animation. Wright State University Motion Pictures Department. Dayton, OH.
2011-2015 Senior Lecturer. Documentary Production Workshop. University of the Arts Film & Video Department. Philadelphia, PA.
Instructor. Cinematography. University of the Arts Saturday School. Philadelphia, PA.
Senior Lecturer. Creative Practices, The Artist’s Process. University of the Arts Common Curriculum. Philadelphia, PA. Course co- developed with Loren Hunt, Liberal Arts Faculty.
Instructor. Digital Filmmaking Workshop. University of the Arts Summer Institute. Philadelphia, PA.
Senior Lecturer. The Art of Editing. University of the Arts Film & Video Department. Philadelphia, PA.
Senior Lecturer. Video Production Workshop. University of the Arts Film & Video Department. Philadelphia, PA.
2009-2010 Teaching Assistant. Senior Projects Capstone Course. Temple University Film and Media Arts Department, Philadelphia, PA.
2008-2009 Teaching Assistantship. Filmmaking. Temple University Film and Media Arts Department, Philadelphia, PA.
CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIUMS
2015 “Bodies and Boundaries.” Screening featuring Every Speed. New York University.
2014 “Practical Aspects of Video in the Classroom”. MedEd Learning and Technology Symposium. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.
Distinguished Alumni Symposium. Department of Photography and Film, Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Art. Richmond, VA.
2012 “Every Speed: Disability and Time”. Temple University’s Disability and the Teaching of Writing Symposium Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
2010 “Every Speed: Disability and Time”. Association of University Centers on Disabilities Conference. Crystal City, VA.
PUBLICATIONS
2011 Italian Vogue Online Publication, Asolo Art Film Festival, Every Speed
http://www.vogue.it/en/uomo-vogue/news/2011/08/asolo-film-festival
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
2023 Animator. Safety State, directed by Jeanette Buck.
2016 Animator. Of Origins: Hannah, directed by Irit Reinheimer.
2015 Animator. Wisdom Gone Wild, directed by Rea Tajiri.
Director and Producer. Communicating with Victims and Suspects: Significant Speech Disabilities. Produced by Dr. Beverly Frantz and the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.
Director and Producer. Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System: Best Practices for Law Enforcement and Corrections. Produced by Dr. Beverly Frantz and the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.
Director and Producer. Autism and First Responders: Seeing Beyond the Smoke. Produced by Dr. Beverly Frantz and the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. Training video created for first responders in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Screened statewide.
2013 Creative Producer and Animator. I Told Her This Was Home, Dir. Irit Reinheimer
2011-12 Camera Operator. Visionary Voices: Leaders, Legacy, and Lessons: A History of the Intellectual Disability Movement in Pennsylvania. Dir. Lisa Sonnenborn.
2005 Production Assistant. HBO's John Adams. Braintree Productions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012-2014 Digital Media Consultant. University of Pennsylvania.
2010- 2012 Project Assistant. Visionary Voices: Leaders, Legacy, and Lessons: A History of the Intellectual Disability Movement in Pennsylvania Temple University.
2008- 2012 Project Assistant. The Institute on Disabilities, Criminal Justice and Sexuality, Temple University.
2007-2008 Project Assistant. The Institute on Disabilities, Competence and Confidence: Partners and Policymaking Programs, Temple University.
2006- 2008 Theaters Department Supervisor. The Franklin Institute. 2004- 2006
Photography Assistant. Lee Brauer Photography.
AWARDS & GRANTS
2020 Appalachian Recovery Project Grant- Funded by Appalachian Regional Commission & Ohio Arts Council
2013 Director’s Citation 32nd Black Maria Film Festival, Love Letter
Philadelphia Independent Film & Video Association Finishing Grant, Love Letter
2012 Philadelphia Independent Film & Video Association Finishing Grant, Every Speed
2011 Winner Best Film in Architecture. Asolo Art and Film Festival, Every Speed
Fialkowski Scholarship for graduate work in Disability field University Completion Grant, Love Letter
2010 Scholarship for Association of University Centers on Disabilities Conference
Temple Film and Media Arts Departmental Completion Grant, Every Speed
2009 Temple Film and Media Arts Distribution Grant, Seasick
2005 VCU Film Festival Best Film, Bug Eater