EDUCATION

American Film Institute Conservatory | Los Angeles, CA | Class of 2023
Masters of Fine Arts, Screenwriting

University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Science | Philadelphia, PA | Class of 2020
Bachelor of Arts, Cinema and Media Studies, Honours
Honours: Summa Cum Laude, Dean’s Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa; Global Student Citizenship Award

SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

TOSSOU, short, 35mm, Writer, Director, Producer | 2023
• An AFI Conservatory Visual Essay; sponsored by Kodak, Fotokem and Panavison

LOGO LOGO, Music Video, 35 mm, Writer, 1st Assistant Director | 2023

DREAMING OF JERUSALEM, a Discovery + Original, Short Doc, Co-Producer, Sound Recorder | 2020
• 2021 Docs Without Borders: Excellence in Directing and Cinematography Awards WINNER

HEART OF PUERTO RICO, VR Docuseries, Editor, Data Manager, Sound Recorder | 2018-19
• 2020 AT&T Film Award – Best VR Short WINNER and Underrepresented Filmmakers’ Prize WINNER | Official Selections: 2020 New Orleans Film Festival, 2020 FIVARS Festival of International VR & AR Stories

GROUNDS THAT SHOUT, Feature Doc, Assistant Director, Co-Producer, Cinematographer | 2019
• Sachs Programs for Arts Innovation Grant WINNER | Partnership with Centre for Experimental Ethnography, Philadelphia Contemporary, DanSpace Project and Partners for Sacred Places

GLIMPSES OF KALOBEYEI, VR Doc, with FilmAid International, Editor, Camera Operator | 2019
• 2019 One Journey Film Festival, 2019 Screening Scholarship Media Festival

SEE4SHE / BEHIND HER EYES, a BeAnotherLab Production, VR, Writer, Co-Director | 2018
• Created for the UN Women, Gender and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference
• Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (Paris), Summer Lab, 2018 Audience Choice Award WINNER

WHERE THINGS WERE, Short Docufiction, Co-Director, Writer, Lead Actress | 2016

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AFI CONSERVATORY, Great Screenplays Class, Assistant to screenwriter / senior lecturer George Walczak | 2022

FIRSTGEN CONTENT, partners Chris Triana and Mollye Asher (NOMADLAND), Development Intern | 2022
• Write coverages of script / book submissions and partake in weekly development meetings.

JIGSAW PRODUCTIONS, Feature Doc, Production Intern (KINGDOM OF SILENCE) | 2019
• Do archival research, transcribe interviews and b-roll, organise files for editor and director review, perform general office / desk management tasks.

VIRTUAL REALITY LAB, at the University of Pennsylvania, Assistant | 2018-2019
• Develop the curriculum, led technical workshops and coordinated the physical production for this ‘Academically Based Community Service’ course in which students collaborate with local organizations to address social problems though VR.

SCREENING SCHOLARSHIP MEDIA FESTIVAL, Communications Manager | 2019-20
A hybrid traditional academic conference and film festival that fosters the intersection of art and science

SKILLS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Fluent French and English, Intermediate Spanish, Beginner Thai
• Final Draft, Adobe CC, Microsoft Office Suite
• Dance (Modern), Sailing (fleet racing, Hobie 16)
• Community service: Co-founder and Vice-President of FilmAid Club at UPenn (2017-19); Devised Curriculum in Theatre, Dance and Film for Bosnian and Serbian youths in Mostar (2016)