EDUCATION  

 

BFA Film & Television Production, BA Anthropology

University of Southern California (2015-2019)

Renaissance Scholar, Magna Cum Laude

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WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Documentary Fellow at The Atlantic

July 2019 to present

-Researched, developed, shot, transcribed, translated, edited, created motion graphics, mixed sound, and color corrected in support of producers and journalists for short documentaries, a feature-length documentary film, and an online video series. 

-Captioned and optimized social media posts.

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Photojournalism Intern at The Austin Chronicle

June 2017 to August 2017

Pitched multimedia stories and photographed and filmed events, concerts, food, and venues on assignment. 

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Post-Production Intern at Public Road Productions

March 2017 to May 2017

Edited, researched, and managed media for Emmy award-winning National Geographic documentary Jane.

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Camera Assistant, Editor, and Colorist at CineVeliz Production Company

May 2016 to August 2016

and Production Intern and Grip

June 2015 to August 2015

First as an intern and then as a full-time employee, filmed and edited commercials in both Spanish and English for clients including the San Antonio River Authority, Mercedes Benz, the YMCA, and La Michoacana.

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SKILLS 

Experienced with all stages of video production: writing, researching, producing, lighting, shooting, editing, coloring, motion graphics, animation, sound mixing, delivery, festivals and distribution.

+ Social media, content management systems, fact-checking, portrait and event photography.

 

Software: Avid Media Composer, ProTools, Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, InDesign, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Microsoft Office 

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Cameras: DSLRs (Canon, Sony, and Panasonic), Sony Camcorders (FS7, FS5, EX and NX series), GoPro Omni 360 video

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Proficient in Spanish 

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CREATIVE HIGHLIGHTS

 

God Bless the Cook

Co-Director (documentary short, 2019)

Nashville Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, IndieShorts, LA Women's Doc Fest, 

Chef Roslyn Spence trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, but her biggest critic remains her mother, a 94-year-old self-taught cook for Hollywood’s Golden Era stars. Selected as one of three graduate-level documentary thesis films funded by the University of Southern California. 

 

Calamity Janes: Women of the Wild Gay West

Writer, photographer, & cinematographer (multimedia documentary piece, 2019)

This long-form visual story takes a ride with the LGBT cowgirls of California’s gay rodeo. Created as a year-long senior thesis for USC's Cultural Anthropology department. 

 

Gods from Space

Director & animator (documentary short, 2018)

Slamdance, American Documentary Film Festival, NFFTY (Documentary Short Jury Award nominee), Oakland Drunk Film Festival, DocLA Film Festival (Silver Award Winner), Austin Arthouse Film Festival (Best Documentary and Best Religion Film nominee)

Welcome to The Aetherius Society, a religion where Jesus was an alien, prayer can be stored in a battery, and an unusual but kind-hearted community works towards the betterment of humanity.

  

Santa Muerte

Director & editor (documentary short, 2017)

This Spanish-language documentary explores the Los Angeles temple of Santa Muerte, a growing religious movement that worships death herself.

 

The Swiss Alp Dance Hall

Writer, photographer, & videographer (multimedia piece for The Austin Chronicle, 2017)

One of Texas’ oldest dance halls is for sale—on eBay. 

  

Astonishing

Director & cinematographer (documentary short, 2016) 

Slamdance Film Festival and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

In the wake of the 2016 election, Los Angeles students respond by creating art. 

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OTHER CREDITS  

 

Feature Film:                         

Interconnect (1st assistant camera, 2016)

 

Music Videos: 

Kids (Ain’t All Right) by Grace Mitchell  (camera operator, 2017)     

Daddy Lessons by Bannack (cinematographer, 2017)

Delirium by Brad Valentine (cinematographer, 2017)

Metamorphisique by Ventriloquus (1st assistant camera, 2015)