In March, Spenser and I co-DPed a short film for director Kobi Libbi, starring: Megan Stern, Clare Barron, Ted Schnieder, and Ben Mehl. Kobi’s process relies heavily on improvisation; we…
In December, I shot “Regents,”a short film by Director, Elizabeth Nichols, starring Eric Tucker. In the film, Eric plays an 8th grade teacher in a Lower East Side middle school,…
In November I shot a short scene for NYU director, Joyce Sherri. I had seen Joyce’s film “Down Down Baby” and was excited to work with such a talented writer/…
In August, I shot a music video for Tiana Marenah, a talented director from TISCH Asia. The spec music video for Kanye West’s song “New Slaves” features clothing and design…
Last weekend I shot Cake, a short film for awesome NYU director, Alik Barsoumian. We shot the entire film in one day, on one roll of 16 mm Kodak Tri-X.…
Last Sunday we impulsively shot a spec commercial for jeans. Martin, who was crashing on our couch while visiting from San Francisco, Spenser, and I flushed out the concept over…
Sarah is my spring narrative project as a part of the grad film program at NYU.
In April, I shot “Wash Song” for NYU director Elizabeth Nichols, starring Andrus Nichols, and Eric Tucker. Every step of the project centered around collaboration; collaboration between Lizzy and her…
In March, I shot “The Stain”, a short film by NYU director, Jackie Dow, starring Amy Melley and Jason Zednick. Jackie and I wanted to create a consistent, moody, look…
“Take it.” is my first year MOS for the grad film program at NYU. The film stars Cat Widdifield and Jolene Marquez and was shot by Luiza Parvu in and…
In October I shot Greenpoint, a 4 minute MOS, by Romanian Director Luiza Parvu, starring Brittany Wilson and Yan Tual. The film is made up of daytime exteriors and we…
In July I had the pleasure of shooting a music video for the talented Bay Area/ Seattle artist MADlines! “I Need Moment” was directed by Spenser Nottage and shot over…
This weekend I shot a short film for local writer/ director Max Berwald. We knew going into the shoot, that we’d be working with minimal equipment, in locations with extremely…
In January, I shot Stag, a short film directed by Max Sylvester. The project provided us with a lot of creative and technical challenges (some more fun than others). Over…
In November I shot Exhale, a short film by director Jessie Cagliero. We shot with an ARRI SR1 on Kodak Vision 3 250D and 50D. Because much of the film…
A while back, my good friend Genny Evans and I road tripped to LA to see a documentary about women in the camera department. Less than 3 percent of feature…
Last Goodbye is a stop motion music video for local band Johnny Walnut, produced and directed by Sibilla Carini and I, in collaboration with animation director, Katie Siller. We wanted…
In November I shot 1500 Short, directed by the incredibly talented Sam DeSurra. During the two nights of shooting on location at D’s Diner in Sebastopol, we managed to get…
In November I gaffed “Tinker”, a short film directed by Justin Plummer and Martin Strauss, produced and shot by Spenser Nottage. The steam punk inspired romance stars Rowan Brooks and…
In October I shot Limehouse for Director Marjorie Conrad. Highlights of the project included filming a performance by San Francisco legend Vicki Marlane, working in mixed lighting situations, and shooting…
Staring Gun was the first collaboration between Director Sibilla Carini and I. A lot of the time, Sibi and I are pretty much on the same wavelength; we even make…
In 2009, while studying abroad in Denmark, I teamed up with director Mary Kita to make this piece for a city wide video contest. Both international students, neither of us…
In January, Spenser and I co-DP ed our first feature, The Stranger in Us, directed by Scott Boswell.When Scott first asked us to help out on his film,we thought we’d…
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