I AM a documentary FILMMAKER focused on storytelling for impact.

My acclaimed feature documentary “Landfill Harmonic” garnered over 40 festival wins in 250+ festivals (including SXSW Audience Award and AFI Fest Audience Award), and was acquired by HBO. The Oscar-qualifying film tells the heartwarming story of a youth orchestra in Paraguay that plays instruments made entirely from garbage. The film was selected as part of the American Film Showcase, the premier film diplomacy program funded by the U.S. Dept of State and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. I also won the Humanitas Prize for my work on the film.

My other films include “My Village, My Lobster,” winner of the CINE Golden Eagle for Independent Documentary; “Dani’s Twins,” a short film that follows one of the few quadriplegic women to ever give birth to twins; “120 Days: Undocumented in America;” and “Songs from Bosawas,” an adventure music film that documents the first professional recording of indigenous musicians in Nicaragua’s rainforests. I recently edited “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story” about the Tonight Show bandleader and world-famous trumpeter Doc Severinsen, directed by “Friends” creator Kevin S. Bright and acquired by AMERICAN MASTERS on PBS, as well as NBC’s Peacock. I also edited the short film “John Leguizamo: Live at Rikers” which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, as well as two episodes for the HISTORY and VICELAND series “Hunting ISIS.”

I am currently in post-production on a feature documentary called “Patrol” which follows an indigenous group in Nicaragua fighting against illegal cattle ranchers that are threatening their survival.

I spent three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua, hold an M.A. in Film and Video Production from American University, and am a native of Georgia. See more about me on IMDB.

When I’m not working on films, you can find me camping, hiking, boxing, playing soccer or SCUBA diving - or doing pretty much anything in the great outdoors.