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THE WEEKLY
Fire and Water
Post Producer, Writer
New York Times, FX and Hulu, 2020
Mr. McGahn
Director, Producer, Writer
New York Times, FX and Hulu, 2019
The Rabbit Hole
Supervising Producer, Additional Cinematographer
New York Times, FX and Hulu, 2019
Guilty By Machine
Director, Producer, Additional Cinematographer, Writer
New York Times, FX and Hulu, 2019
Collision
Director, Producer, Writer
New York Times, FX and Hulu, 2019
VIRTUAL REALITY
Melting Ice
Shot and co-produced 360 VR documentary on global warming with Al Gore in Greenland as part of Condition One VR team with Director Danfung Dennis
Sundance Premiere, 2017
INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY
Eric and Anna
Cinematography for short documentary about a teenage informant for the FBI, and the activist she helped to put in prison for nearly 20 years. Directed by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duene de la Vega
Field of Vision, 2015
A Fragile Trust
Principle cinematography on one-hour film about the plagiarism scandal involving former NYT journalist Jason Blair, directed by Samantha Grant
Independent Lens, 2013
The Waiting Room
Co-Producer and Additional Cinematography for this observational, feature documentary about Highland Hospital, in Oakland CA during the film's developmental phase. Directed by Pete Nicks
PBS Independent Lens, 2012
Crushed: The Oxycontin Interviews
Co-Producer & Cinematographer for educational short about oxycontin addiction among young people
Director Steven Okazaki, 2011
The Conscience of Nhem En
Associate Producer, Sound Recordist, and Additional Camera for short documentary about Nhem En, the Khmer Rouge photographer responsible for taking the thousands of ID photos of prisoners at the infamous prison “S-21”. Directed by Steven Okazaki
Academy Award nominee, HBO, 2008
Pollen Nation
Producer/Director/Sound Recordist for award-winning short film on migratory beekeeping and commercial pollination
Mill Valley Film Festival Premiere, 2007
Captain Lakshmi
Camera, Producer, Director for 10-minute profile of former Indian Independence leader Captain Lakshmi Sahgal
2006
CURRENT AFFAIRS
The Photo Op
Director
Vice TV, 2020
The Dark Prison
Producer/Writer/Cinematographer for 25 minute film that tells the story of individuals put through the CIA's infamous post-9/11 torture program
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2016
The Puerto Rico Gamble
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2015
South Sudan: Country of Dreams
Producer, Writer, Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2015
Haiti in a Time of Cholera
Cinematographer and Co-Producer with Correspondent Sebastian Walker. 26 minute film on cholera epidemic in Haiti. Awarded 2013 Peabody Award and 2013 Emmy award Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine.
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English 2013
Cross-Border Killing
Producer/Writer for 26 minute film on US Border Patrol
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2013
Chasing Fire
Producer/Writer/Cinematographer, 26 minute film on cost of waging war on wildfire
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2013
Mexico's Vigilante State
Producer/Writer/Cinematographer, 26 minute film on autodefensa movement in Michoacan
Awarded 2014 Overseas Press Club ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN citation for "best reporting in any medium on Latin America"
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2014
South Sudan: Country of Dreams
Producer and DP, Hour-long documentary on history of crisis in South Sudan
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2015
Baltimore, the Anatomy of an American City
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012
Anaheim: A Tale of Two Cities
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012
Disenfranchised in America
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012
The Abortion Wars
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012
The Price of the Party - Conventions 2012
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012
Battle for the Arctic
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012
Kenya: Drought Zone
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2011
Horn of Africa Crisis: Somalia's Famine
Cinematographer
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2011
Uganda: Out of the Wild
Producer & Cinematographer for this short documentary following pioneering wildlife veterinarian Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, as she works to control diseases at the human/wildlife/livestock interface in the mountainous jungles of Uganda
PBS FRONTLINE/World, October 2009
The People’s Sheriff
Field Producer and Additional Camera for this profile of Pulitzer Prize winning reporters at the East Valley Tribune, as they investigate sheriff Joe Arpaio’s controversial law-enforcement strategies and immigration enforcement tactics. Produced by Pete Nicks.
PBS Bill Moyers/Expose, 2009
A Girl’s Life
Cinematography for story about girl’s education in Nepal. Recipient of South Asian Journalist’s Association award (1st place, any subject, on-line journalism).
PBS FRONTLINE/World, 2007
India: Design Like You Give a Damn
Reporter/Co-Producer for magazine story on reconstruction efforts on the tsunami-struck Indian coastline.
PBS FRONTLINE/World, 2008
SERIES
Sound Tracks: Quick Hits
Cinemotography for live music series
PBS, 2009
Weed Wars
Story producer/Cinematographer for four 1-hour episodes on medical marijuana industry. Produced & Directed by Braverman Productions.
Discovery Channel, 2011
The Journey of the Plastiki
Sailed from Christmas Island to Samoa as story producer and cinematographer for this two-hour series following the construction of eco-adventurer and banking heir David de Rothschild’s experimental catamaran, the Plastiki. Documented construction of boat in San Francisco for more than a year. Produced by Alan Hayling, Renegade Pictures, London. Directed by Max Jourdan.
National Geographic International, 2011
WEB
The Cartoonists Goal
Co-Producer/Cinematography for short video on Oakland cartoonist Daniel Clowes.
New York Times, 2012
LIVE/EXHIBITION
Live Performance "The Sound of Plastic" for Pop-Up Magazine, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 2011
SELECTED PRINT
The Almond and the Bee, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, 2007
SELECTED PRESS
Documentary Magazine, September 2017