DOCUMENTARY

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DOCUMENTARY ✿

Breadwinners

2023 • Digital Documentary Series (5 x 10 minute episodes)

  • Breadwinners is a 5-episode digital food show about the farmers, food distributors, and cooks responsible for the food you eat every day. Each ~10 minute episode is told from the perspective of a different New York food worker and explores what food means to them and to their community.

  • Editor • Director • Producer

    Made with colleague and BFF, Courtney Schaefer, the two of us pitched, developed, and created this project while at Daydream Studios, helping to launch the agency’s original content department. Courtney and I produced and directed every element of this series together, and I edited each episode.

  • Awards (2023): Best Series, deadCenter Film festival; Best Unscripted, Stareable; AMC Best Female Creator, Stareable

    Additional Selections (2023): Flickers’ Roving Eye Film Festival, LA Indie Film Fest, Big Apple Film Festival

  • You can watch the trailer here and the series here.

Kismet

2024 • Documentary Short (35 minutes)

  • In this vérité documentary short, eight teenagers spend a week in New Hampshire at a technical rock climbing program where they begin to consider the potential of shaping their own destinies.

  • Editor

  • Selections: DOC NYC, New Hampshire Film Festival, Newburyport Documentary Film Festival

  • You can watch the trailer here (also cut by me!)

    Film forthcoming.

Brenda

2025 • Documentary Short (26 minutes)

  • In this documentary short, a mother’s love for her children becomes her strength as she faces unimaginable challenges on a journey towards a safer life in America.

  • Editor

  • Forthcoming.

  • You can watch the trailer here (cut by me!)

    Film forthcoming.

KCSM: The Bay Area’s Jazz Station to the World

2024 • Documentary (60 minutes)

  • To celebrate its 60th anniversary, KCSM wanted to tell the story of its history, the enduring power of jazz, and the station’s commitment to the community it serves. The radio station partnered with Incurrent Media to produce this hour-long documentary about the station’s legacy and the power of America’s only original art form.

  • Lead Editor

    Cut on a 4-week timeline from hard drive hand-off to final delivery.

  • San Francisco Independent Film Festival (2025)

  • You can watch the trailer here (cut by me!)

    Film available upon request.

BRANDED + DIGITAL

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BRANDED + DIGITAL ♢

  • Road to Ultimate Crown
    Post Producer

    A three-part digital documentary series for Amazon’s Crown Channel following MrBeast and Ninja in the run-up to a live gaming event.

    Watch the trailer here (cut by me!)

  • Bose Signature Sounds with Tyler Herro
    Post Producer

    The first of Bose’s Signature Sound series featuring beats made from the sounds of athletes’ daily routines.

    Watch it here.

  • Final Photoshoot with Miss Universe 2020
    Editor

    Watch it here.

  • Bella Levels Up
    Script Writer

    Promotional trailer for weekly live show featuring TikTok star Bella Poarch.

    Watch it here.

  • Home Cooking with Arielle Nir
    Editor

    A digital cooking series.

    Watch Episode 1 here!