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BORDERLANDS

SELECT EDITORIAL WORK SAMPLES

FEATURE FILMS/TELEVISION

Art in the 21st Century: BORDERLANDS
hourlong documentary episode
directors: Rafael Salazar, Ava Wiland
series producer: Nick Ravich
network: PBS
​screenings: ARTECINEMA (Naples, IT)
Student Athlete
documentary feature (additional editor)
directors: Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
producers: LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Steve Stoute
screenings: Stranger Than Fiction (New York, NY)
distributor: HBO Sports
​
Here One Minute
narrative feature
director: Eleanor Gaver
producers: Eleanor Gaver, Schuyler Quinn, Lydia Dean Pilcher
associate producer: Russell Yaffe
screenings: Dances With Films (Los Angeles, CA)
released by: Gravitas Ventures
The Sisterhood of Night
narrative feature (additional editor)
director: Caryn Waechter
producers: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Elizabeth Cuthrell
select screenings: Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock, NY), Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, GA), Edinburgh Film Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland), LA Women's International Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA) - Best Narrative Feature
distributor: Freestyle Releasing

COMMERCIAL/BRANDED CONTENT

The Art of the Wendy's Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt
digital short
producer: Tasty
client: Wendy's
​
What are the best things to put on rice around the world?
digital series (multiple episodes)
producer: Buzzfeed
client: 7UP
Moms Get Real About Motherhood Stereotypes
digital short
producer: Buzzfeed
client: Amazon
Would You Hire Yourself?
digital short
​producer: Buzzfeed
client: LinkedIn
10 Very Christmassy Moments
digital short
producer: Buzzfeed

client: ebay
The Tastemakers: CeCe Barfield Thompson and Alexandra O'Neill
producer: RAVA Films
client: Christie's
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​What Goes Around Comes Around
commercial
producer: RAVA Films
client: Christie's
When You Meet Your Girlfriend's Dad
digital series (multiple episodes)
producer: Buzzfeed

client: WHY HIM? (20TH CENTURY FOX)

SHORT FILMS

Picture
Denis The Pirate
narrative short
director: Sam Messer
screenings: New York Film Festival (New York, NY)
exhibitions:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ​(Hartford, CT)
​Fredericks & Freiser Gallery (New York, NY)
For George on His 30th Birthday
narrative short
director: Ursula Ellis
producers: Emerson Nosek and Ben Gojer
starring Michael Esper, Allie Gallerani
screenings: Denver Film Festival (Denver, CO)
Crick in the Holler
narrative short
director: Ursula Ellis
producers: Ben Gojer, Kiera Kyoto Lewis,
​Emerson Nosek, and Nadia Zoe
grants: Alfred P. Sloan Short Production Grant
select screenings: Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock, NY), Citizen Jane Film Festival (Columbia, MO),
Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, NC)
distributor: Labocine
re: Jess 
narrative short
director: Talia Alberts
producers: Dena Greenbaum
select screenings:
​St. John's International Women's Film Festival
(St. John's, Canada), Youngcuts Film Festival (Montreal, Canada), Nitehawk Cinema Shorts Fest (Brooklyn, NY)
distributor: Film Shortage - Daily Short Pick​

SHORT FORM DOCUMENTARIES

Met Stories
short form documentary series (series editor)
director: Sarah Cowan
producers: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, RAVA Films

ASSISTANT EDITING

Select Credits:
MASS MOCA — Documentary Feature Film — THE OFFICE — USA
LAST SHOT — TV Documentary Series — Viceland — México/USA
SHADOWMAN — Documentary Feature Film — Storyville Films — USA
QUEEN OF KATWE — Narrative Feature Film — Disney — Uganda/South Africa/USA
TIME FOR SCHOOL — TV Documentary Feature Film — PBS — International
THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT — Narrative Feature Film — Freestyle Releasing — USA

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