About
Bio
I am an award-winning filmmaker, Emmy-nominated cinematographer, and educator based in Boston, MA. As a college student, I discovered examining the world through a camera gave me an excuse to look at things more closely, to ask questions from which I might normally shy away, and to patiently bear witness as time unfolds. My first film course ignited a desire to tell cinematic stories. And, I have been working in the documentary filmmaking field ever since.
My work as a director and cinematographer has taken me around the world to places such as China, Africa, Cuba, South America and across Europe as well as more deeply into my own backyard: Hanging out of a gyro-copter in South Africa, I shot the trail of the Limpopo River; I was behind the scenes with the scientists who made the first image of a Black Hole; I filmed my parents working through mid-life conflicts. Filmmaking pushes me physically, technically, and emotionally and I embrace those challenges with curiosity and rigor. I am grateful to have a rich variety of work that gives me the opportunity to learn more about the rapidly changing and diverse world in which we live.
I have directed, filmed, and produced three of my own award winning films which have been broadcast nationally and internationally. My most recent film, The Guys Next Door (co-produced and co- directed with Amy Geller) aired on PBS after a successful festival run. Shadow of the House, was hailed as “one of the best films ever made about an artist and the artistic process” by Bo Smith, former curator of the film program at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. And, my first film, Love Knots, which was shot on 16mm film, was nominated for a Student Academy Award.
As a Director of Photography I was nominated for an Emmy for PBS series Design Squad. Other camera credits include programs for HBO, Netflix, A&E, PBS, National Geographic, MTV, BBC, and ESPN.
Teaching filmmaking and mentoring younger filmmakers is a passion. I have taught documentary filmmaking at Harvard University, Massachusetts College of Art, and the Maine Media Workshops.
For 15 years, I was the Executive Producer at Vida Health Communications, where I directed, produced, shot, and edited films about women’s health and early childhood development.
Currently I am working as a Director and Director of Photography.