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