Member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), & Television Academy
Born: Baltimore, MD, 1982. Lives and works in New York & Los Angeles.
2010 MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
2004 BA, Duke University, Durham, NC
56 DAYS - (105 & 106 Director)
COMING 2025
Showrunners: Karyn Usher & Lisa Zwerling
Executive Produced by Rob Hackett
Executive Produced by Sandrine Gros d'Aillon
Executive Produced by Atomic Monster
Network: Amazon
THE BONDSMAN - (105 & 106 Director)
COMING 2025
Showrunner: Eric Oleson
Executive Produced by Grainger David
Executive Produced by Paul Shapiro, Erik Holmberg, & Kevin Bacon
Executive Produced by CrimeThink & Blumhouse Television
Network: Amazon
DEAD RINGERS - (104 Director & 106 Co-Director)
Air Date: April 21, 2023
Showrunner: Alice Birch
Executive Produced by Sue Naegle, Anne Carey, & Erica Kay
Executive Produced by Annapurna & Rachel Weisz
Executive Produced by Sean Durkin
Network: Amazon
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY - (109 Director)
58 minutes
THE FINALE : Episode 9
Aired: November 10, 2022
Showrunner: Nick Antosca
Executive Produced by Nick Antosca & Alex Hedlund
Producing Director: Jamie Travis
Executive Produced by Eliza Hittman
Executive Produced by Eat The Cat & Universal Content Productions
Network: Peacock
Y: THE LAST MAN - (107 Director)
52 minutes
Season1 Episode 7
Aired: October 11, 2021
Showrunner: Eliza Clark
Executive Produced by Nina Jacobson & Mari Jo Winkler
Executive Produced by Color Force & FX Productions
Network: FX on HULU
QUEEN SUGAR - S5 Producing Director (501, 503, 505, 509, & 510 Director)
US Production
Season 5 Episodes 501, 503, 505, 509, & 510
Aired: February 16, 2021
Executive Produced by Ava DuVernay & Oprah Winfrey
Showrunner: Anthony Sparks
Producing Director: Lauren Wolkstein
Executive Produced by Warner Horizon Scripted Television
Network: OWN
DARE ME - (103 Director)
42 minutes
Season 1 Episode 103
Surrender at Discretion
Aired: January 12, 2020
Showrunners: Megan Abbott & Gina Fattore
Executive Produced by Sarah Condon, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Karen Rosenfelt
Producing Director: Jamie Travis
Executive Produced by Universal Content Productions & Film 44
Network: USA
MARVEL’S CLOAK & DAGGER - (206 Director)
41 minutes, ARRI ALEXA Camera, US Production
Season 2 Episode 206
B Sides
Aired: May 2, 2019
Showrunner: Joe Pokaski
Executive Produced by Marvel Television & ABC Signature Studios
Network: Freeform
QUEEN SUGAR - (303 Director)
42 minutes, ARRI ALEXA Camera, US Production
Season 3 Episode 303
Your Distant Destiny
Aired: June 6, 2018
Executive Produced by Ava DuVernay & Oprah Winfrey
Showrunner: Kat Candler
Producing Director: DeMane Davis
Executive Produced by Warner Horizon Scripted Television
Network: OWN
THE STRANGE ONES - (Director/Editor/Story)
(co-created with Christopher Radcliff)
82 minutes, ARRI ALEXA Camera, US/France Co-Production
Distribution: Vertical Entertainment (North America), Epicentre Films (France)
Awards
2018 Cannes Film Festival - Grenoble Ecrans Juniors (Prix du jury)
2018 Festival International du premier film d’Annonay 2018 (Prix du jury lycéen)
2017 SXSW Film Festival (Special Jury Recognition for Best Breakthrough Performance by James-Freedson Jackson)
2017 Greenwich International Film Festival (Best Narrative Feature)
2017 Champs-Élysées Film Festival (American Independent Jury Prize for Best Feature)
2018 FR Theatrical Film Release (June 27, 2018)
2018 US Theatrical Film Release (January 5, 2018)
Quad Cinema (New York)
- Opening Weekend Q&A moderated by Filmmaker Tom Kalin (Swoon, Savage Grace)
- Opening Weekend Q&A moderated by Producer Scott Macauley (Filmmaker Magazine)
The SNF Parkway (Baltimore)
- Opening Weekend Q&A with Filmmakers
Los Angeles (Laemmle Monica Film)
Chicago (Facets Cinematheque)
Houston (AMC Studio)
Phoenix (AMC Esplanade)
Tampa (AMC Veterans)
Miami (AMC Sunset Place)
Denver (AMC Westminster Promenade)
Orlando (AMC Altamonte Mall)
Kansas City (AMC Barrywoods)
2017 Official Film Festival Selections
SXSW Film Festival (World Premiere)
Sarasota Film Festival (US)
Florida Film Festival (US)
Independent Film Festival Boston (US)
Montclair Film Festival (US)
Maryland Film Festival (US)
Greenwich International Film Festival (US)
Oak Cliff Film Festival (US)
BAMcinemaFest (New York Premiere)
Provincetown International Film Festival (US)
Champs-Élysées Film Festival (European Premiere)
Nantucket Film Festival (US)
Outfest LGBT Film Festival (Los Angeles Premiere)
Rooftop Films Summer Series (New York, US)
Monmouth Film Festival (New Jersey, US)
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Alabama, US)
Oslo / Fusion International Film Festival (Norway)
Fantasy Filmfest (Germany)
Hell's Half Mile Film & Musical Festival (Michigan, US)
ImageOut : The Rochester LGBT Film Festival (US)
Tacoma Film Festival (US)
Woodstock Film Festival (US)
Tulsa American Film Festival (US)
Nordic International Film Festival (NIFF) (Scandinavia House, New York)
New Hampshire Film Festival (US)
Eastern Oregon Film Festival EOFF (US)
American Film Festival (Poland)
Variety Film Screening Series (Los Angeles, US)
Denver Film Festival (US)
Cucalorus Film Festival (North Carolina, US)
Something Wild Film Festival (Colorado, US)
International Film Festival of India (Goa, India)
Vulture Festival LA (Los Angeles, US)
2018 Official Film Festival Selections
Annonay International First Feature Film Festival (France)
Moviate Underground Film Festival, Opening Night Film (Harrisburg, PA, US)
COLLECTIVE:UNCONSCIOUS - (Writer/Director/Editor of Beemus, It'll End in Tears)
(co-created with Lily Baldwin, Nuotama Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, & Josephine Decker // executive produced by Jane Schoenbrun)
81 minutes, A Feature Anthology of Short Films Based on Filmmakers' Dreams, ARRI AMIRA Camera
Distribution: Bit Torrent NOW (Release Date August 9, 2016)
NY Theatrical Release (August 5-11, 2016 @ The IFP Media Center)
2016 Official Film Festival Selections
SXSW Film Festival (US)
Cleveland International Film Festival (US)
Atlanta Film Festival (US)
Ashland Independent Film Festival (US)
Dallas International Film Festival (US)
Nashville Film Festival (US)
Maryland Film Festival (US)
Independent Film Festival Boston (US)
Montclair Film Festival (US)
BAMcinemaFest (US)
Galway Film Fleadh (Ireland)
JONATHAN'S CHEST - (Producer/Editor)
15 minutes, Canon C300 Camera, US/France Co-Production
Distribution: Ad Astra Films, Pacific Voice (Japan), Shorts TV (UK)
2015 Official Film Festival Selections
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
Champs-Élysées Film Festival (France)
Encounters Short Film Festival (UK)
Glasgow International Short Film Festival (Scotland)
FEC European Short Film Festival, Reus (Spain)
Festival De Vannes, Rencontres du Cinéma Européen (France)
Festival International Coupé Court de Pessac (France)
Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal)
Motovun Film Festival (Croatia)
São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil)
Reims Toi L'Oiel (France)
2014 Official Film Festival Selections
Sundance Film Festival (US)
SXSW Film Festival (US)
Treefort Film Festival (Idaho, US)
Sarasota Film Festival (US)
Nashville Film Festival (US)
Stanley Film Festival (Colorado, US)
Victoria TX Independent Film Festival (Texas, US)
Maryland Film Festival (US)
International Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (Germany)
Tokyo Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia (Japan)
Waterfront Film Festival (Michigan, US)
Southside Film Festival (Pennsylvania, US)
Oak Cliff Film Festival (Texas, US)
Cinema East (Austin, TX, US)
Rooftop Films Summer Series (New York, NY)
Cinemadamare (Italy)
Guro International Kids Film Festival (Seoul, Korea)
Alpinale Film Festival (Austria)
Hardacre Film Festival (Iowa, US)
Sidewalk Film Festival (Alabama, US)
International Film Awards, Berlin (Germany)
Silhouettte Film Festival, Paris (France)
Tacoma Film Festival (Washington, US)
Chicago International Film Festival (US)
New Hampshire Film Festival (US)
Chacun Son Court, Strasbourg (France)
Indie Memphis Film Festival (US)
Fenetres Sur Courts, Dijon (France)
24fps International Short Film Festival (Texas, US)
Alcine, Alcalá de Henares Film Festival (Madrid, Spain)
Sleepwalkers International Short Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia)
SOCIAL BUTTERFLY - (Writer/Director/Editor)
14 minutes, RED ONE Camera, US/France Co-Production
Distribution: Ad Astra Films, France 2 (France), Film Festival Collective (XFINITY Cable, Southern States), tou.tv (Canada), Turner (Argentina), Peccadillo Pictures (UK), Shorts TV (UK), RTI (Italy), UR - Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (Sweden)
Awards
2014 Vimeo Staff Picks
2013 Oak Cliff Film Festival (Best Narrative Short)
2013 Hammer To Nail Short Contest Winner
2014 Official Film Festival Selections
IFC's New French Shorts (IFC Center, New York, NY)
Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Australia)
Fargo Film Festival (US)
2013 Official Film Festival Selections
Sundance Film Festival (US)
Eastern Oregon Film Festival (US)
Image in Cabestany (France)
SXSW Film Festival (US)
Atlanta Film Festival (US)
Fort Myers Film Festival (Florida, US)
Roze Filmdagen (Netherlands)
Victoria TX Independent Film Festival (Texas, US)
PHI Centre (Montreal)
-- (A selection of the most impressive shorts from these festivals: SXSW (États-Unis) BERLINALE (Allemagne) ROTTERDAM (Pays-Bas) TAMPERE (Finlande) CLERMONT-FERRAND(France))
Florida Film Festival (US)
Bermuda International Film Festival
Torino GLBT Film Festival (Italy)
Independent Film Festival Boston (US)
Timishort Film Festival (Romania)
Maryland Film Festival (Opening Night) (US)
Cinema At The Edge Film Festival (LA, California)
Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film Festival (Canada)
Oak Cliff Film Festival (Texas, US)
Southside Film Festival (Pennsylvania, US)
Waterfront Film Festival (Michigan, US)
Palm Springs International ShortFest (US)
Frameline Film Festival (San Francisco, US)
Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove (Spain)
Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal)
Rooftop Films - Sundance Shorts (New York, NY)
Outfest: Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival (LA, California)
Cinemadamare Film Festival (Italy)
QFest (Houston, US)
Wassaic Project (New York, NY)
SummerShorts Moscow (Russia)
Cinema East (Austin, US)
Sundance NEXT WEEKEND Film Festival (LA, California)
Hammer To Nail Summer Winner (Worldwide)
Rhode Island International Film Festival (US)
Sidewalk Film Festival (Alabama, US)
NewFest (Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York)
Woodstock Film Festival (US)
Iris Prize Festival (Worldwide)
AFI Fest (LA, California)
Fenetres sur courts (France)
Chicago International Film Festival (US)
Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (California)
Philadelphia Film Festival (US)
Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (US)
New Hampshire Film Festival (US)
South Texas Underground Film Festival (US)
Out On Film (Atlanta GLBTFF, US)
Off-courts Trouville (France)
Vladivostok International Film Festival (Russia)
Un Festival C'est Trop Court (France)
Some Prefer Cake Festival (Italy)
Poiana Urbana (Bucharest)
MoliseCinema Festival (Italy)
Festival Cheries-Cheris (France)
Barcelona International LGTIB Film Festival (Spain)
Festival International du Film Lesbien et Feministe de Paris (France)
Queer Film Festival MEZIPATRA (Czech Republic)
San Jose International Short Film Festival (US)
Pink Screens Film Festival (Belgium)
LesGaiCineMad (Spain)
14th Festival de Cinema du Grain a demoudre (France)
25 New Faces of Filmmaker Magazine (New York, NY)
THE STRANGE ONES - (Writer/Director/Editor)
(co-created with Christopher Radcliff)
14 minutes, RED ONE Camera, US/France Co-Production
Awards
Hamptons International Film Festival (Best Narrative Short)
Atlanta Film Festival (Best Narrative Short)
Independent Film Festival Boston (Special Jury Prize)
Columbia University Film Festival (Best Film)
Kino Knock Out Film Festival (Special Jury Mention)
Festival de Courts Métrages de la Côte Bleue (Jury Award)
Festival du Courts Métrages Fenêtres Sur Courts (Dijon, France) (Best European Film)
24fps International Short Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize & Best Director)
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Special Jury Award)
Brest European Short Film Festival (France) (Prix Revelation)
Exground Film Fest (Germany) (Best Film)
International Short Film Festival Ciudad de Soria (Spain) (Special Jury Award)
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne (France) (Grand Jury Prize)
Festival du Cinéma du Grain à Démoudre (France) (Best Short Film & Best Screenplay)
Images In Cabestany (France) (Grand Prize)
FEC European Short Film Festival (Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges) (Jury Award)
Victoria TX Independent Film Festival (Best Short Film)
Medina del Campo Film Festival (Spain) (Best International Short Film)
Visionaria International Film Festival (Italy) (Jury Prize - Best Film)
ELEGETEBEFEST (Málaga, Spain) (Best Actor Award - Tobias Campbell)
2012 Official Film Festival Selections
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: The Loft Cinema (Tucson, AZ)
Flickerfest (Sydney, Australia)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: The Music Box Theatre (Chicago, IL)
MIFF @ Moonlight Cinema (selected from 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: Coolidge Corner Theatre (Brookline, MA)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor, MI)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: International Film Series University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO)
Glasgow Short Film Festival (Scotland)
Portland International Film Festival (US)
La Pecca: Pequeño Certamen de Cine de Ambiente (Sevilla, Spain)
Images In Cabestany (France)
FEC European Short Film Festival (Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges)
UFO 0110 International Digital Film Festival (New Delhi, India)
RXSM Film Expo (Austin, Texas)
MECAL International Short Film Festival of Barcelona (Spain)
Go Short International Film Festival (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay (Québec, Canada)
Regensburg Short Film Week (Germany)
Bermuda International Film Festival
Victoria TX Independent Film Festival (US)
Medina del Campo Film Festival (Spain)
Visionaria International Film Festival (Italy)
FEAST/DREAM Film Festival (Galveston, Texas)
Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium)
New York No Limits (New York, NY)
Le Courtivore (Rouen, France)
Out Takes (New Zealand)
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (Israel)
ELEGETEBEFEST (Málaga, Spain)
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts (Austria)
Southside Film Festival (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Waterfront Film Festival (Saugatuck, Michigan)
Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove (Spain)
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Tokyo, Japan)
Rooftop Films (New York Filmmakers Night) (New York, NY)
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (New York, NY)
Summer Shorts by Kim Yutani (Moscow, Russia)
FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (US)
Encounter Short Film and Animation Festival (UK)
2011 Official Film Festival Selections
Sundance Film Festival (US)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
SXSW Film Festival (US)
International Film Festival Breda (Netherlands)
Kino Knock Out Film Festival (France)
Florida Film Festival (US)
Sarasota Film Festival (US)
Festival Francophone de Bratislava (Slovakia)
Columbia University Film Festival (New York, NY)
San Francisco International Film Festival (US)
Independent Film Festival Boston (US)
Atlanta Film Festival (US)
Maryland Film Festival (US)
Festival IndieLisboa (Portugal)
International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS (Latvia)
Huesca International Film Festival (Spain)
International Short Film Festival Hamburg (Germany)
Flyover Film Festival (Kentucky, US)
BAMcinemaFest (New York, NY)
Arcipelago Film Festival (Italy)
Palm Springs International ShortFest (US)
Tofifest (Poland)
Outfest (Los Angeles, CA)
Artscape (Baltimore, MD)
Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia)
Dokufest (Kosovo)
Cinefiesta Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Puerto Rico (US)
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival (Poland)
Rooftop Films - Sundance Shorts (New York, NY)
The Wassaic Project (New York)
Alpinale Film Festival (Austria)
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (Germany)
FatFilmFest International Short Film Festival (Italy)
Odense International Film Festival (Denmark)
Duke Mitchell Film Club (London)
São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil)
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Alabama, US)
Festival Silhouette (Paris, France)
DC Shorts Film Festival (US)
Milano Film Festival (Italy)
Dallas Video Fest (US)
Woodstock Film Festival (US)
shnit international Shortfilmfestival (Switzerland)
Chicago International Film Festival (US)
Tacoma Film Festival (US)
Courts-Bouillon (Rousset, France)
Unabhängiges FilmFest Osnabrück (Germany)
New Hampshire Film Festival (US)
Hamptons International Film Festival (US)
Festival de Courts Métrages de la Côte Bleue (France)
Festival du Court Lille (France)
Eastern Oregon Film Festival (US)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: Ragtag Cinema (Columbia, MO)
Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival (Spain)
Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Spain)
Festival du Courts Métrages Fenêtres Sur Courts (Dijon, France)
Curta Cinema (Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival)
Indie Memphis Film Festival (US)
24fps International Short Film Festival (Texas, US)
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Spain)
Brest European Short Film Festival (France)
Reggio Film Festival (Italy)
Séquence-Court (Toulouse, France)
Exground Film Fest (Germany)
Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona (Spain)
Alcine Film Festival (Spain)
International Short Film Festival Ciudad de Soria (Spain)
European Short FilmFest (Budapest)
MedFilm Festival (Italy)
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne (France)
Festival du Cinéma du Grain à Démoudre (France)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: Hollywood Theatre (Portland, OR)
Aguilar Film Festival de Cortometrajes de Castilla y León (Spain)
International Short Film Festival Leuven (Belgium)
Festival Tous Courts (Aix-en-Provence, France)
SKENA UP International Film Festival (Kosovo)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: The Railroad Square Cinema (Waterville, ME)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: Oklahoma City Museum of Art (Oklahoma City, OK)
Sundance Art House Shorts Program: Rafael Film Center (San Rafael, CA)
CIGARETTE CANDY - (Director/Editor)
13 minutes, RED ONE Camera
Distribution: Ad Astra Films, France 2 (France), RTI (Italy), Egoist TV (Russia), Turner (Argentina), UR - The Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (Sweden)
Awards
2012 Concours de courts (3ème prix)
2011 IV International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art (Best Short Fiction)
2011 Medina Del Campo (FIRST PRIZE)
2010 SXSW Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize, Best Narrative Short Film - Academy Award qualifying)
2010 Florida Film Festival (Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance)
2010 Cleveland International Film Festival (Best Student Short Film)
2010 Short Film Festival La Fila, Valladolid, Spain (Best Cinematography)
2010 Williamsburg International Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY (Best Student Film)
2010 Exground Film Fest, Wiesbaden, Germany (Jury Mention)
2010 Bunter Hund International Short Film Festival, Munich, Germany (Second Prize)
2010 Visionaria International Video Festival (Jury Prize)
2009 The Caucus for Producers, Writers, & Directors Foundation (Fall 2009 Grant Recipient)
2009 24fps International Short Film Festival (Red Citation Humanitarian Award, Best Screenplay)
2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest (Best Student Live Action Short Under Fifteen Minutes, Most Promising Student Filmmaker, Special Mention)
2009 Columbia University Film Festival (Plum Pictures Most Promising Filmmaker Award, Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for Best Female Director, IFP Audience Award, Student Choice Award for Best Directing, Entertainment Partners Honorable Mention for Best Producing)
2008 RHI Entertainment Producers Development Award
2012 Official Film Festival Selections
Special Screening: Veteran Vérité: An Evening of Iraq and Afghanistan Veteran Readjustment Shorts, Maysles Cinema, New York, NY
2010 Official Film Festival Selections
SXSW Film Festival (US)
Aspen Shortsfest (US)
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (Australia)
Great River Film Festival (Ohio, US)
Cleveland International Film Festival (US)
Short Film Festival La Fila (Valladolid, Spain)
Atlanta Film Festival (US)
Florida Film Festival (US)
Bunter Hund International Short Film Festival (Munich, Germany)
Backyard Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
Shnit International Short Film Festival (Bern, Switzerland & Cologne, Germany)
Ourense International Film Festival (Spain)
Williamsburg International Film Festival, Opening Night Film Selection (Brooklyn, NY)
DC Shorts Film Festival (US)
Two Riversides Film Festival (Poland)
LA Shorts Fest (Los Angeles, CA)
Festival De Cine De Elche (Spain)
Waterfront Film Festival (Michigan, US)
Cannes International Film Festival (Cannes Short Film Corner), represented by Sebastien Aubert, Ad Astra Films
Festival Tous Courts - Aix-en-Provence International Film Festival (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Interfilm International Short Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
International Short Film Festival "City of Soria" (Spain)
Exground Film Festival (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Red Rock Film Market (Zion Canyon, UT, US)
Rockport Film Festival (Texas, US)
Le Festival Cinema Tous Ecrans - Geneva International Film Festival (Geneva, Switzerland)
Festival du Cinema International En Abitibi-Temiscamingue (Quebec, Canada)
Tallgrass Film Festival (Wichita, Kansas, US)
La Boca Del Lobo International Short Film Festival (Madrid, Spain)
Visionaria International Video Festival (Italy)
2009 Official Film Festival Selections
San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain)
Palm Springs International ShortFest (US)
24fps International Short Film Festival (Texas, US)
Columbia University Film Festival, Faculty Selects (New York, NY)
2020 Temple University Summer Research Award (Heaven Or Las Vegas Feature)
2020 Vice Provost for the Arts Faculty Grant, Temple University (Heaven Or Las Vegas Feature)
2019 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Membership
2018 Directors of Guild of America (DGA), Membership
2018 MacDowell Colony Fellow, Summer (Heaven Or Las Vegas Feature Script)
2018 Women at Sundance Fellow, Sundance Film Institute (Heaven Or Las Vegas Feature Script)
2017 Temple University Humanities and Arts Research Program Award (Takako Vs. Nine Lives Dance Film)
2017 Wassaic Project Artist Residency Fellow (Heaven Or Las Vegas Feature Script)
2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam, CineMart (The Strange Ones Feature Script)
2015 Rooftop Films and Eastern Effects Equipment Grant (The Strange Ones Feature Script)
2015 Temple University Humanities and Arts Research Program Award
2015 The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists Award
2014 Queer | Art | Film Mentorship with Rose Troche, Fellow
2013 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Filmmaker Magazine
2013 Emerging Storytellers, IFP Project Forum (The Strange Ones Feature Script)
2013 Berlinale Talent Campus Participant
2011 No Borders International Co-Production Market, IFP Project Forum (Cigarette Candy Feature Script)
2011 Emerging Visions Filmmaker, IFP & Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York Film Festival
2010 Emerging Narrative, IFP Project Forum (Cigarette Candy Feature Script)
2009 Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for Best Female Filmmaker, Columbia University Film Festival
2009 Plum Pictures Most Promising Filmmaker Award
2009 The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors Foundation, Fall 2009 Grant Recipient
2009 Teaching Preceptor Position, Narrative Filmmaking Workshop, Columbia University
2008 Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Intro to Film Studies, Columbia University
2005-2006 Digital Media Center Lab Fellowship, Columbia University
2004 Duke University Undergraduate Filmmaker Award
2023 Visiting Filmmaker Talk: Stowe Story Labs, Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL
2022 Panelist: Variety Power of Women Event Honoring Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey & QS Directors, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Panelist: “Supporting Female-Helmed Film & TV,” Women Rocking Hollywood, San Diego Comic-Con, @Home Edition
2018 Panelist: “Through the Generations: Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar,” IFP Film Week Screen Forward Talk, New York, NY
2018 Panelist: “The Women Behind the Camera: Four Top TV Directors on Showing vs. Telling," Split Screens TV Festival, New York, NY
2018 Invited Workshop: Sundance Institute & Women in Film LA Women's Financing Intensive, Sundance Film Institute
2018 Moderator & Panelist: "Forge: Women Shaping Film in Philadelphia," The Ambler Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Panelist: Sundance Screenwriters Intensive, Sundance Film Institute, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Post Screening Discussion: Film 101 Series, "Rosemary's Baby," The Ambler Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Visiting Artist Talk: "Shorts to Features," Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
2017 Panelist: "Nantucket Morning Coffee Conversation - Screenwriting Process," Nantucket Film Festival, Nantucket, MA
2017 Panelist: "The Eyeslicer at Tribeca," Tribeca Film Festival TV Series Presentation, Tribeca, New York
2017 Master Class: Sundance Shorts, Sundance Film Institute, Detroit, MI
2017 Visiting Artist Talk: "First Features - The Strange Ones," Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
2017 Panelist: "How We Finished Our Feature Film," IFP Narrative Labs Workshop, New York, NY
2016 Discussion: "FilmStruck & Criterion Collection Presents Paris, Texas & The Strange Ones," Criterion Collection, New York, NY
2016 Invited Workshop: Sundance Institute NYC Women's Financing Intensive, Sundance Film Festival
2016 Invited Story Development Workshop: Indie Story Camp, Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC
2016 Co-Host Annual Film Industry Conference & Opening Night: Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
2015 Visiting Artist Talk: Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2015 Panelist: "Shot Selection: The Camera as Character Study," Directing with Impact, UFVA, American University, Washington, D.C.
2015 Master Class: 25 New Faces of Film, Filmmaking Academy, Tacoma Grand Cinema, Tacoma WA
2015 Discussion: "Phoenix by Christian Petzold," Passport to World Cinema, Philadelphia Film Society, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Panelist: "Meet the Insiders: Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein," SXSW Film Festival, Austin, TX
2014 Visiting Artist Talk: "AMI Showcase: Alumni Filmmaker Homecoming Series," Duke University, Durham, NC
2014 Master Class: Conversation with Christine Vachon, Stony Brook University, Manhattan, NY
2014 Visiting Artist Talk: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2013 Panelist: "Short Takes: The Art & Business of Short Filmmaking," co-presented by IFP and DCTV, New York, NY
2013 Panelist: "SXSW Women in Cinema," University of Texas' Women in Cinema, Austin, TX
2013 Visiting Artist Talk: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Visiting Artist Talk and Master Class: "Writing the Short Film," Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
2012 Panelist: "Perserverance: Women in the Industry," Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL
2011 Panelist: "Film School Round Table," Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
August 2023: Sidewalk Film Festival, Narrative Features Jury
August 2020: Outfest (Los Angeles LGBTQ) Film Festival, International Narrative Shorts Jury
October 2019: NewFest (New York LGBTQ) Film Festival, Narrative Features Jury
May 2018: Swarthmore College Honors Program, External Reviewer
October 2017: 24fps International Short Film Festival, Narrative Jury
September 2017: Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive, Philadelphia, PA, Consultant Reviewer
August 2017: Wild Project East Village Queer International Film Festival, Narrative & Experimental Shorts Jury
June 2017: Provincetown International Film Festival, Narrative Shorts Jury
October 2015: New Orleans Film Festival, Narrative Shorts Jury
October 2014: Philadelphia Film Festival, Narrative Shorts Jury
August 2014: Sidewalk Film Festival, Short Screenplay Competition Jury
August 2014: The 24 Hour Film Race, Narrative Shorts Jury
May 2014: Diamond Screen Film Festival, Temple University, MFA Graduate Films Jury
May 2013: The Trinity Film Festival, Trinity College, Student Films Jury
November 2012: Exground Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany, Short Films Jury
April 2012: Florida Film Festival, Narrative Shorts Jury
2020-2022: Associate Professor, Department of Film and Media Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2014-2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Film and Media Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2013-2014: Visiting Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
Summer 2014: Head Mentor, 20/20/20 Filmmaking Boot Camp with Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler, Stony Brook University & Killer Films, Southampton, NY
Summer 2013: Visiting Production Specialist, 20/20/20 Filmmaking Boot Camp with Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler, Stony Brook University & Killer Films, Southampton, NY
Fall 2013: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Screenwriting, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Spring 2013: Visiting Guest Lecturer, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Fall 2012: Visiting Assistant Professor, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Spring 2012: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate Film Division, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
Spring 2012: Faculty for Graduate Admissions, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
2011-2013: Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Contemporary Arts, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
2010-2011: Visiting Assistant Professor, Filmmaking/Film Studies, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Fall 2009: Visiting Lecturer in Film Studies, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Spring 2009: Adjunct Instructor, Narrative Filmmaking Lab, Columbia University, Columbia College and Barnard College, New York, NY
Spring 2008: Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, Columbia College and Barnard College, New York, NY