ANY GIVEN DAY (2021)
OFFICIAL SELECTION HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021
Associate Editor
In 2015, in the midst of widespread defunding of community mental health care programs across the country, in Chicago, the Cook County Jail has become a default treatment center for people living with mental illness.
While investigating the treatment of detainees, filmmaker Margaret Byrne (RAISING BERTIE, 2016) befriends Angela, Dimitar and Daniel, participants in a mental health court probation program.
Filmed over five years, ANY GIVEN DAY provides deeply personal insight into the necessity of caring relationships, especially when life is at its most difficult.
Director: Margaret Byrne
Editor: Liz Kaar
STORMY AND THE ADMIRALS (2020)
OFFICIAL SELECTION SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021
Co-Editor
A short documentary about a group of elderly feminists living in a senior apartment building in Chicago called The Admiral who decide to support Stormy Daniels by going to see her strip at a gentleman's club - also called The Admiral.
Director: Dan Rybicky
Co-Editor: Aaron Wickenden
HUMANS@WORK: PORTRAIT OF A POTTER (2020)
OFFICIAL SELECTION MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Editor
In a world where family businesses are vanishing, this is a story about the perseverance of staying true to your purpose.
From the moment he threw his first piece in college, Peter Deneen knew he was destined to become a potter.
He settled back into his hometown of St. Paul and set up shop with his wife Mary in 1972. For years, they struggled to find the right mix. Trying to balance family while navigating the trials of running a small business.
In a world where family businesses are vanishing, this is a story about the perseverance of staying true to your purpose. One that the Deneens hope will inspire people to take chances, use their skills, and create jobs where people can work together and care for one another.
Director: Elena Valentine
Producers: Elena Valentine, Caroline Olsen
MINDING THE GAP (2018)
Outreach Coordinator
2018 Academy Award Nominee - Best Feature Documentary
2019 Peabody Award - WINNER - Documentary
2019 Emmy Award Nominee - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Sundance Film Festival - WINNER - Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Director: Bing Liu
Producer: Diane Quon
LADY PARTS JUSTICE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER (in post-production)
Associate Editor
A documentary series about the badass activists keeping the government out of your uterus
In a dangerously polarized political climate, Lady Parts Justice, led by The Daily Show’s co-creator Lizz Winstead, barnstorms the country with a boots-on-the-ground strategy to support abortion providers and reproductive rights, using comedy as the ultimate weapon to mobilize voters towards the 2018 elections.
Director: Ruth Leitman
Editor: Alanna Schmelter
RAISING BERTIE (2016)
Outreach Coordinator
RAISING BERTIE is an intimate six year portrait of three African American boys growing into adulthood in rural North Carolina, exploring complex relationships between generational poverty, educational inequity, and race.
Director: Margaret Byrne
SAABA (2017)
Production Assistant
This new six-part digital docu-series explores a community-based attempt to fight violence in Burkina Faso in the Sahel region of West Africa. Each episode profiles a community member in the small town of SAABA: a police officer, a Muslim cleric, a leader of a vigilante security group, a women's activist, and the tribal chief. The final episode follows everyone as they come together to build security and resilience in a community on the border of Boko Haram and ISIS strongholds in West Africa. The series is an honest, authentic, people-centered view of a peace-building effort in an area drawing increasing international attention for its role in combating violent extremism.
Director: Brandon Kramer
Producer: Lance Kramer
Executive Producer: Katy Chevigny
A Co-Production of Meridian Hill Pictures and Big Mouth Productions
LIFE IN STRIDES (2017)
Director of Photography | Editor | Sound Recordist | Associate Producer
LIFE IN STRIDES tells the story of Jake, a young man with autism, who has become a champion in therapeutic horseback riding. Jake’s mother Joanne has been by his side throughout his riding career, helping her son stay calm on his horse. Now, Jake is put to the test as he enters his most difficult competition yet, where the circumstances are far outside either Jake or Joanne’s control.
THE CELINE ARCHIVE (in post-production)
Sound Recordist
In 1932, wife, mother, sister, and Filipina American Celine Novarro was buried alive by her community in Northern California.
Director: Celine Parrenas Shimizu