Documentary Filmmaker & Editor

CV

ACCOLADES & GRANTS

(select credits)

2024 Participant, Hot Docs Forum

2023 Participant, Cucalorus + Working Films WiP Lab

2023 Participant, Edinburgh Pitch

2023 NYC Women’s Fund, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) & Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME)

2023 Participant, Big Sky Pitch

2022 Black Director’s Fellowship, Brown Girls Doc Mafia

2021 DOK Partner Presentation Toolbox Programme, DOK Leipzig

2021 DocSalon Toolbox Programme, European Film Market (EFM), Berlinale

2020 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)

2020 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)

2019 Panelist, Funding an Independent Documentary, DOC NYC

2018 Music on Film Film on Music (MOFFOM), Denver Film Society

2017 (Egg)celerator Lab Fellowship, Chicken & Egg Pictures

 

FESTIVALS

(select credits)

2024 Official Selection, Norwich Queer Internatioanl Film Festival / Coming Around

2024 Official Selection, The Pan African Film Festival / Locked Out

2024 Official Selection, Doc UTAH / Coming Around

2024 Official Selection, Seattle Asian American Film Festival / Coming Around

2024 Winner ‘Silver Jury Award’, Spokane International Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, JAYU’s Human Rights Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, St. Louis Int’l Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Bimovie Munich / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Reel Affirmations / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Q-Fest at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire / Coming Around

2023 Winner ‘Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature’, NewFest / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Twin Cities Arab Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Winner ‘Directors Choice Award’, Cinema Diverse / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Outfest LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Frameline / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, DOXA Documentary Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival / Coming Around

2023 Official Selection, Windsor International Film Festival / Locked Out

2023 Second Runner Up ‘Best Documentary Feature’, Woods Hole Film Festival / Locked Out

2023 Official Selection, BlackStar Film Festival / Locked Out

2023 Official Selection, Newark Black Film Festival / Locked Out

2023 Winner ‘Best Documentary Feature’, American Black Film Festival / Locked Out

2023 Official Selection, San Francisco Documentary Festival / Locked Out

2023 Winner ‘Shine A Little Light Award Feature’, Freep Film Festival / Locked Out

2023 Official Selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, SXSW EDU / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, Minneapolis St. Paul Int’l Film Festival / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, Milwaukee Film Festival / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, Harlem International Film Festival / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, Annapolis Film Festival / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival / The Right to Read

2023 Official Selection, Outsouth Queer Film Festival / I Identify As Me

2023 Official Selection, Seattle Trans Film Festival / I Identify As Me

2023 Official Selection, Outfest Fusion / I Identify As Me

2023 Official Selection, Queer Women of Color Film Festival / I Identify As Me

2022 Official Selection, Wicked Queer / I Identify As Me

2022 Official Selection, Inside Out / I Identify As Me

2022 Official Selection, The Bush Films / I Identify As Me

2022 Official Selection, Black Alphabet Film Festival / I Identify As Me

2022 Official Selection, Black LGBT Film Festival / I Identify As Me

2022 Official Selection, Queerteenth Film Festival / I Identify As Me

2022 Official Selection, ReelOut / I Identify As Me

2021 Official Selection, NewFest / I Identify As Me

2017 Official Selection, African American Women in Cinema Film Festival / On the Ledge

2017 Official Selection, The Art of Brooklyn / On the Ledge

2017 Official Selection, Picture Farm Film Festival / On the Ledge

2016 Official Selection, DOC NYC / On the Ledge

2016 Official Selection, Socially Relevant Film Festival / Hidden Wisdom

2016 Official Selection, Delhi International Film Festival / Hidden Wisdom

2015 Official Selection, DOC NYC / I Was Here First

 

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2023 Member, International Documentary Association

2022 Member, Alliance of Documentary Editors

2021 Member, BIPOC Doc Editors

2017 Member, The Gotham Film & Media Institute

2017 MFA, Social Documentary Film, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2016 Member, Brown Girls Doc Mafia

2015 UnionDocs Collaborative Studio

2011 BA, English & Film Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN