Filmography (selected works)
Writer
Feature Screenplays: Lust Life (Love), Winnow, Karma Cruise
Short Screenplays: For Better and Worse, La Vie en Gris, Peasants, Julie and the Clown, Twenty Minutes of Immortality
Director
Lust Life Love (2019), Sonnet 99 (2015), La Vie en Gris (2012), Free Birds (2009), Julie and the Clown (2007)
Producer
Lust Life Love (2019),Ornament of Beauty (2017), Lust Life web series (YouTube), Obedience Training (2014), For Better and Worse (2013), Walking the Dog (2009), Julie and the Clown (2007), Twenty Minutes of Immortality (2002)
Actor
Lust Life Love, Ornament of Beauty, Lust Life web series (YouTube), For Better and Worse, Obedience Training, La Vie en Gris, Julie and the Clown, Twenty Minutes of Immortality
FESTIVALS | AWARDS | DISTRIBUTION
Lust Life Love
• Berlin Independent Film Festival – Best Romance Feature
• New Renaissance Film Festival (Amsterdam) – Most Watched Film
• Harlem International Film Festival
• Queens World Film Festival – Best LGBTQ Feature
• FilmOut San Diego LGBTQ Film Festival – Freedom Award
• 1091 Pictures digital distribution
Ornament of Beauty
• Cinekink (NY)
• Hamilton Film Festival
• Under 5Min Film and Writing Festival
• Orlando Film Festival
• Milwaukee Short Film Festival
Sonnet 99
• Shakespeare Shorts
• Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
For Better and Worse
• Amsterdam Film Festival – Van Gogh Award (Best Romance)
• Big Apple Film Festival
• Coney Island Film Festival
• New Filmmakers
La Vie en Gris
• Columbia University Film Festival (Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center)
• New Hope Film Festival
Lust Life Love (screenplay)
• BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Quarter-Finalist
• Austin Screenplay Competition – Second Rounder
Free Birds
• Mexico International Film Festival – Silver Palm Award
• Costa Rica International Film Festival – Best Director
• Atlanta Shortsfest
Walking the Dog
• Cinekink – Best Narrative Short
Peasants
• Frameline
• Outfest
• Chicago Reel Shorts Festival
Julie and the Clown
• Indie Short Film Competition – Best in Drama
• Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Series – Audience Award
• Cannes Short Film Corner, Newport Beach Film Festival, DC Shorts Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Cinekink
• Distribution: Mini-Movie Channel
Twenty Minutes of Immortality
• Cinewomen, New Filmmakers – New York
• Distribution: IFC, 2003-2006
EDUCATION
Bennington Writing Seminars: M.F.A. Writing (current)
Columbia University: M.F.A. Film, Screenwriting concentration
La Femis, Paris: Film Directing, Spring / Summer 2012
Gettysburg College: B.A. English and French, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, French Cultural Counselor’s Award
Oxford University, St. Catherine’s College (English Literature)
Institute for American Universities, Avignon, France (French Studies)
International House, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, (Spanish Intensive)
MEMBERSHIPS
New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), Film Fatales, NYC Women Filmmakers
RESIDENCIES
Yaddo, Vermont Studio Center