2019-Present
Sundance Art of Editing Lab Fellow 2020 | Participating in group discussions about the present and future of documentary editing. Receiving feedback on my work from peers and advisors such as Carla Gutierrez, Mary Lampson, Carlos Rojas and Maya Daisy Hawke. Career guidance from Sundance mentors and 1:1 meetings with top directors and producers that will help take my career to the next level.
Tony Kaplan/Erica Milsom | Disney-Pixar | Editor: Inside Pixar - Soon to be released episodes from a new documentary series for Disney+ about Pixar Animation Studios. Series In Production
Marc Smolowitz | 13th Gen | Editor: The Lonely Child - A song written during the holocaust about a hidden Jewish child, unlocks the story of three generations of women. Feature Documentary In Production
Vivien Hillgrove | Hillgrove Films | Additional Editor: Vivien’s Wild Ride - Veteran film editor Vivien Hillgrove directs her first documentary film about her life as an editor as she loses her sight to macular degeneration. Feature Documentary In Production
Ellen Moore | Additional Editor: 10 Summers - In a time when children have become more and more isolated from each other, one summer camp brings kids together by teaching them about the importance of belonging to a tribe and the beauty of unstructured time in nature. Feature Documentary In Post-Production
2008-2017
Jacqueline Olive | Tell it Media | Additional Editor: Always in Season - Worked on the early drafts and fundraising trailers for Always in Season which went on to win a special jury prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
2008-2018
Yuriko Gamo Romer | Flying Carp Productions | Sample Editor: Diamond Diplomacy - Cut several early samples for this feature documentary about the history of U.S. - Japan relations through the countries’ shared love of baseball. Feature Documentary In Production
Tamara Perkins | Apple of Discord | Fundraising Editor: The Waiting List - Cut the early fundraising samples for this film about the fight for universal child care. Feature Documentary In Production
Pratibha Parmar | Kali Films | Sample editor : My Name is Andrea - Cut the first sample for the hybrid feature documentary, My Name is Andrea, about controversial feminist icon Andrea Dworkin. Feature Documentary In Production
Erin Palmquist | Fundraising Editor: From Baghdad to the Bay - Cut the first sample for this feature documentary about a Iraqi translator who flees Iraq after receiving death threats, ending up in the vibrant LGBTQ scene in San Francisco and struggling to fit in. Feature Documentary screened at Cinequest FF and Mill Valley FF.
Amanda Micheli | Runaway Films | Associate Editor: Double Dare - Contributed to Amanda’s feature documentary about two female stunt doubles in Hollywood. Feature Documentary winner of AFI Best Documentary Award 2003
Associations
Bachelor of Art in Film Studies | University of Utah, 1999
Inclusion and Access Committee Member for the Alliance of Documentary Editors, A-Doc Member, Brown Girls Doc Mafia Member, D-Word Member, DocNYC Screener - 2019
2008-Present | Freelance film editor in corporate, commercial and educational content
~Clients include: Disney/Pixar, ITVS, Google, Masterclass, T-Mobile, Chase Bank and more
2003-2008 | Product Designer at Apple, Inc. on Final Cut Pro
~Designing workflows and interfacing with customers to improve Final Cut Pro versions 3-7.
2000-2003 | Trench Supervisor for the UTARP archaeology project
~dedicated three years of summers to working on this archaeological dig in southeastern Turkey