Documentary Cinematographer / Editor Portfolio
As a documentary filmmaker I approach all projects with positive collaborative energy, resourceful creativity and pride in the craft. Every film is a passport into a new perspective and understanding of the world, and I feel lucky and privileged to do this work.
This portfolio highlights my documentary cinematography and editing skills across short-form and feature-length projects focusing on nature, science and youth culture.
Wild Brownstone (2025)
In 2016, a radical school of K-12 students from all margins of Brooklyn, NY are given the power to govern their school according to the basic rules of democracy, and then Donald Trump is elected President of the United States.
Wild Brownstone is a poetically moving and collective coming-of-age portrait of New York City youths as they navigate the chaos of everyday life and future society in a most unusual school year.
Feature Documentary (see a visual sample and learn more about the film here)
Role: Co-Director, Co-Producer, Cinematographer, Assistant Editor
In post-production, to be released 2025
Water Worlds (2024)
Observing and filming water is how I express my understanding of the interconnectedness of all things.
Water Worlds is a YouTube channel and ongoing experiment of meditative video art made with original footage captured while exploring the enchanted waters of the Pacific Northwest.
YouTube Channel (link)
Role: Creator, Cinematographer, Editor
2024 -
Mirai in the Wild (2021 - 2022)
Mirai in the Wild is an original series that follows artist and bonsai professional Ryan Neil as he journeys to the native landscapes of endangered, ancient and significant trees. Embedded in the environment, he processes and understands the elements in the way that the tree does–interpreting and expressing the aesthetic of nature through the art of bonsai.
YouTube Series / Short Documentary
Role: Producer, Cinematographer
2021 - 2022
Emerald Canopies (2020)
There is a place in the Pacific Northwest where miniature redwoods and ancient junipers thrive. A place where emerald canopies are cultivated out of the desire to better understand the natural world, and our place within it, through an intimate connection with the miniaturized tree. Some of these trees were seedlings when Galileo was just beginning to understand our place in the universe, others, the only survivors of forest fires that burned their native homes.
Emerald Canopies is an observational portrait of the creative team and ecosystem behind Mirai– a world-class bonsai garden, horticultural incubator, technical educator, and creator of living art.
Short Documentary
Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2020
Viewshed (2019 - 2020)
I am passionate about urbanism—specifically the interplay of nature and urban design and how it impacts the mental and physical health of city dwellers.
Viewshed is a video art collective I started with a group of urbanists in New York City to explore themes of nature and transportation in the context of urban settings.
Short Experimental Documentary
Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2019 - 2020
My Fellow Delegates (2018)
In this original film series for the Montessori Model United Nations (MMUN), we step into the perspectives of student delegates who journey to New York City for the annual MMUN conference where thousands of youths come together to role play as world leaders with hopes of resolving global conflict, transforming themselves, and making new friends.
YouTube Series / Short documentary
Role: Cinematographer, Editor
2018
Silverball Pinball Museum (2013)
Silverball is an all-you-can-play pinball museum in the offbeat beach town of Asbury Park, NJ. After flipping on many rounds of the Sopranos, we sat down for a conversation with pinball wizard Steve Zahler, and Silverball Museum's general manager, Dan Toskaner to learn more about pinball culture on the Jersey Shore.
Short documentary
Role: Director, cinematographer, editor
2013
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