Photography, movies, music and maker culture go back a few generations in my family. My father learned in my grandfather's home darkroom, they made home movies together and built an archive of photography from their life's adventures, but I didn't learn from them directly. My father died when I was four. As I grew up, the images and recordings he made are how I came to better know him. The equipment left to me was more interesting than typical children's toys. His cameras in my young hands broke the fourth wall, solidifying the reality behind his footage. It enabled a connection into his past and also into my future. The playfulness, truth and power of recorded media is engrained in my soul like the road home.
I was raised by refugees from two different backgrounds with different stories, who found each other here in the United States. I thrived in a multicultural environment, navigating between what is lost and what is possible, with a tradition of untraditional stories, perseverance, clever solutions, and the love of extended family. With this, I am present, contributing, and moving forward collaboratively, image by image, crafting a better future.
My work is a blend of playful imagination and documentation, bridging narrative, documentary, live performance, and experimental genres — for commercial and entertainment, in motion and in stills — bringing forward a unique visual language in each piece.
My job is to help every project become the strongest version of itself: substance pushing craft, collaboration building on itself, the work bringing distinction for the talent, subjects, clients, creatives, and crew, while our audience is well understood and seen.
Talent:
David Arquette · Beck · Josh Brolin · Alfonso Cuarón & Emmanuel Lubezki · Childish Gambino · Deepak Chopra · Stephen Curry · Robert Glasper · Selena Gomez · Ethan Hawke · J-Lo · Glen Keane · Sam Levinson and the cast of Euphoria · Lil Nas X · John Mayer · Eric Prydz · Public Enemy · Tune-Yards · Tycho
Brands:
Apple · AT&T · Audi · Audible · CNN · Ebay · Facebook · Fox Entertainment · Google · HBO · Lexus · Maserati · Mazda · Mercedes-Benz · Microsoft · MTV · Netflix · Nike · Old Navy · Porsche · Samsung · SNL · Starbucks · Toyota · Uber · Under Armor · Vimeo · Walmart · YouTube
Awards:
Vimeo Best of the Year
5 Vimeo Staff Picks
Silver Cannes Lion — Film Craft
Gold Pencil, The One Show — Film & Design
Best in Show, SIGGRAPH
Young Guns Winner — Best Creative Innovation
Webby Award Winner — Experimental
Prix Ars Electronica — Official Selection
SFFILM Golden Gate Award — Best Bay Area Short
SXSW 2020 Official Selection
Deauville Green Awards, Prix Spécial — Research and Innovation
Press:
WIRED · The Verge · Variety · Forbes · Fast Company · Pitchfork · Mashable · Wallpaper · Motionographer · Colossal · PetaPixel · The Creator's Project (VICE) · DeZeen · Engadget · IO9 · Indiewire · Gizmodo
