Education:
Art Center College of Design - Masters of Fine Arts - Film Production, with honors, 2009; Art Center College of Design - Bachelors of Fine Arts - Film Production, with honors, 2006
Director: 2008 - Present
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation Donation Film; "Maranda's America" Television Pilot; Middlesex Cancer Center "Survivorship" 4 commercials, 1 long form donation film; Lenscrafers "Bad Call" Internet Campaign; Subway "Dinner Last Night" Commercial; A1 Steak Sauce "Converting Vegetarians" Commercial; Volvo XC90 "Pumpkin" Commercial; Johnson & Johnson "Wonderful World" Internet Viral; Harley Davidson "Hero" Commercial; Skull Candy Headphones "Air" Internet Campaign; Converse Tennis Shoes "You, You, You" Campaign; BMW "Designing the Future" Commercial *Complete List Available Upon Request
Producer: 2008 - Present
Trix Cereal "Adults at Play" - Director: Ahmi Manson; Sirus Satellite Radio "Jagger" - Director: Patrick Crook; Tampax "Woman's World" - Director: Marjorie Cohen; Global Warming PSA - Director: Alice Parks; American Red Cross "First Time" Director - Cody Heller; Mastercard "Honeymoon on the Moon" - Director: James Mann; Avian Bird Flu PSA - Director PJ Neuhoff *Complete List Available Upon Request
Other: 2008 - Present
McDonalds Olympics Campaign, - Assistant - Director: Joe Pytka; Budweiser "Generations" - Production Assistant; NFL "Usama" - Production Assistant - Director: Joe Pytka; Rat Entertainment - Intern - Director: Brett Ratner, Producer: Jay Stern; Speedo - Assistant Director: Espen Bjorshol Solberg; Dodge - Production/Costume Designer - Director - Joe Martinez *Complete List Available Upon Request
Awards: 2008 - Present
2009 Emmy Blue Ribbon Finalist; 2009 ADDY Awards - National Addy Finalist, Regional - 2 Silver, Local 1 Silver 10 Bronze; 2009 Horizon Awards - 2 Silver, 2 Bronze; 2009 Telly Awards - 1 Silver, 3 Bronze, 2009 Summit Creative Awards - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; 2008 Horizon Awards - 3 Bronze; 2008 Summit Creative Awards - 3 Silver, 2008 Hermes Awards - 2 Platinum, 2 Gold; 2008 Addy Awards - 2 Bronze *Complete List Available Upon Request
Official Selection: 2008 - Present
Navistar Trucks Film Festival - First Place Prize; San Fernando Valley Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival; Austin Women's Literacy Film Festival; Non Violence Film Festival, Scene First Film Festival, Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival, Flint Film Festival
*Complete List Available Upon Request
Honors: 2006 - Present
Francine Parker Directional Achievement Award; Francis D. Lyon Fellowship Recipient; Pasadena College Women's Club Fellowship Recipient; The Christophers Video Awards Grant, Art Center College of Design Merit Scholarship
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