Documentary Film Projects
Executive Producer, RENEGADES
Documentary shorts series showcasing the lives and cultural contributions of little-known historical figures with disabilities, hosted by musician and disability rights advocate Lachi, and made by a team of disabled filmmakers. Each episode available with audio description, extended audio description, on-screen ASL interpretation, open captions, and descriptive transcripts.
5 x 12-min digital shorts
Premiered on PBS’ flagship biography series American Masters in October 2024 for Disability Employment Awareness Month. Screenings at The Kennedy Center and with half a dozen public television stations nationwide.
Executive Producer, Director & Writer, SEARCHING FOR AUGUSTA SAVAGE
Biographical documentary about Harlem Renaissance sculptor and educator Augusta Savage, the first person in the U.S. to open a gallery dedicated to African American art. Exploring her life and legacy, and why nearly half of her artworks have been lost or destroyed.
1 x 24-min digital short
Premiered in February 2024 for Black History Month as the lead film for PBS’ new American Masters Shorts digital series. Winner of silver Telly Award in Biography. Premiere at March on Washington Film Festival. Community screenings at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, DuSable Black History Museum, Cooper Union, and more.
Executive Producer, Director & Writer, UNLADYLIKE2020
Innovative women’s history series featuring diverse and little-known American women who broke barriers in male-dominated fields at the turn of the 20th century, and the women who now follow in their footsteps.
1 x 60-min broadcast + 26 x 12-min digital shorts
Premiered on PBS’ American Masters in 2020 for the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Reached over 6 million viewers to date. Winner of Women Transforming Media Award and silver Telly Award in History Series. Nominated for Primetime Emmy, IDA Award, NAACP Image Award & Webby. Over 50 screenings in partnership with women’s and girls’ organizations, arts and cultural organizations, museums, historical societies, educational institutions, and public television stations nationwide.
Series Producer, AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS
Current affairs series exploring America's changing demographics and the human stories behind the numbers, hosted by award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.
1 x 60-min + 8 x 30-min
Premiered on PBS in 2014 and 2016. Reached 1.2 million viewers. Winner of Imagen Award. Over a dozen screenings with public television stations nationwide.
Series Producer & Director, HUMANIZING AMERICA
Digital shorts series exploring how changing demographics and grassroots movements may impact elections in the U.S., profiling voters of diverse backgrounds nationwide who break with stereotypes and misconceptions.
9 x 4-min
Premiered on NBCNews.com in the lead up to 2016 election.
Producer & Writer, 24 HOURS OF REALITY
Profiles of climate solutions from around the world created for Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project.
22 x 5-min
Broadcast in over 75 countries as part of 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21).
Producer & Writer, ACCEPTANCE
Documentary short for about human struggles to accept life’s traumas and limitations, featuring JR Martinez, Kelly Corrigan, David Kaczynski, and more.
1 x 10-min
Premiered in 2015 at The Nantucket Project conference and on Time.com.
Producer, CHINESE AMERICAN: EXCLUSION/ INCLUSION
Documentary shorts chronicling the complex history of Chinese immigration to the U.S., including the United States vs. Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case and the Chinese Exclusion Act.
2 x 5-min
Featured in New-York Historical Society museum exhibition, 2014-2015
Producer, PIONEERS OF THIRTEEN
Documentary series chronicling 50-year history of THIRTEEN/WNET, the flagship PBS station, from its inaugural broadcast in 1962 to today, through rarely-seen archive and interviews with luminaries of public television.
4 x 90-min
Nominated for 4 New York Emmy Awards.
Story Producer, THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE
Experimental feature documentary about artist Genesis P-Orridge, and wife and collaborator Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project.
1 x 75-min
Official Selection 2011 Berlin International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW, Hot Docs, Silverdocs.
Supervising Producer, AN AMERICAN FAMILY: ANNIVERSARY EDITION
A compilation of memorable moments from the groundbreaking 1973 documentary series "An American Family," which offered a cinema-vérité look at the lives of Santa Barbara, California couple Bill and Pat Loud and their 5 children, and birthed the new television genre of reality TV.
1 x 120-min
Premiered on PBS in 2011 for the 40th anniversary of the original series.
Producer & Writer, PUT FOOD FIRST
Animated campaign video that advocates for solutions to the global food crisis. Nearly 1 billion people go to bed hungry every day, while rising and volatile food prices drive them into extreme poverty.
3-min
Premiered in 2011 at World Bank Spring Meetings summit and exhibit in Washington DC. Translated into Arabic, French and Spanish.
Producer & Writer, GOING GREEN NY
Documentary about environmental initiatives in New York state, profiling how New Yorkers are creating more sustainable ways to get energy, build homes, eat and commute, in the face of climate change. Hosted by journalist Rafael PiRoman.
1 x 60-min
Premiered on Thirteen/WNET for 40th anniversary of Earth Day.
Story Producer, WIDE ANGLE
Award-winning international current affairs series presenting underreported global stories on a human scale, anchored by Bill Moyers, Aaron Brown and Daljit Dhaliwal. On the production staff at Thirteen/WNET from 2005-2009, my credits include: Crossing Heaven’s Border, Eyes of the Storm, The Market Maker, Brazil in Black and White, The People’s Court and Class of 2006.
12 x 60-min
Broadcast on PBS 2002-2009. Winner of IDA Award for Best Curated Series.
Director, Producer & Editor, TANGIER TREEHOUSE
Independent documentary about Moroccan street children who are invited to take part in a treehouse building workshop, and find themselves unexpectedly transformed.
1 x 60-min
Premiered on PBS in 2007.
Producer & Associate Producer, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER
Longest-running documentary series in cable television history, investigating stories of science, nature and culture, unlocking mysteries both ancient and modern. On staff at National Geographic Television & Film from 2001-2005, my credits include: Chasing the American Dream (Producer), The True Face of Hurricanes (Field Producer), Into the Lost World (Associate Producer), The War Next Door (Associate Producer), Miracle Doctors (Associate Producer) and Growing Up at Ground Zero.
10 x 60-min
Premiered on NBC and MSNBC.