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Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles

We specialize in immersive documentaries and character-driven series. Collectively, our work has earned a Peabody, a Livingston Award for Young Journalists, an Overseas Press Club Award and several Emmy nominations. Most recently, we produced Borderland, a 4-part series about undocumented immigration for Al Jazeera America, and The Opposition, a film for.

Greater Los Angeles Area

An investigative documentary about the death of Ty Pozzobon, a 25-year-old professional bull rider who committed suicide at the peak of his career — and posthumously became the first rider to be diagnosed with CTE.

Greater Los Angeles Area

This feature documentary follows nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to win the international science fair. Only one can be named Best in Fair. Premiered at Sundance where it won the Festival Favorite audience award. Also won the audience awards at SXSW, Portland & Sun.

Led a campaign-hopping production team that covered the presidential election -- from the Iowa caucuses until election day -- for Showtime's aptly-named weekly series. Nominated for best documentary series by IDA.

Los Angeles

Produced and directed three short documentaries about change makers from around the world: a Chinese company converting shipping containers to urban farms, a group of young media activists from one of Rio's most violent favelas, and a US-based company that has set-up recycling stations along the coast of Chile to convert used fishing nets into new.

Santiago, Chile

Produced & directed THE OPPOSITION for ESPN's 30-for-30 documentary series. SUMMARY: In the wake of the 1973 military coup in Chile, American-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet transformed Santiago’s National Stadium into a concentration camp where political opponents were tortured and assassinated. Only two months later, that same stadium was scheduled to.

I worked with Australian director Al Hicks to craft the story of jazz legend Clark Terry's inspirational friendship with a blind 23-year-old piano prodigy. KEEP ON KEEPIN'​ ON premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was short-listed for an Academy Award. The film was executive produced by Quincy Jones and produced by Paula DuPre' Presman (The Cove.

Mexico

"Borderland" was the first originally commissioned documentary series by Al Jazeera America. Produced by Muck Media, Inc. and IN Films, the four-part series follows six Americans - from all walks of life - as they retrace the journeys of three migrants who died while crossing the US-Mexico Border.

Los Angeles

Hired to re-write a two-hour documentary on the Thiel Foundation's controversial "20 Under 20" fellowship program that encourages young entrepreneurs to skip college.

Los Angeles

Helped conceive of the look/feel and wrote the script for this one-hour pilot featuring rapper Mac Miller and actress Ashley Rickards. Of the 19 pilots screened for MTV programming execs, it was the only one immediately picked up for series.

• Responsible for the production of four one-hour documentaries for Current TV's Vanguard series:
• "Sex, Lies & Cigarettes" explored Big Tobacco's push into the developing world, where the industry – led by the Marlboro Men of Philip Morris – is doing everything in its power to hook young smokers and avoid.
• "Islamophobia" examined the growing fear of Islam on both sides of the Atlantic through the eyes of Tommy Robinson, the leader of the far-right English Defense League, and America's own Pamela Geller, co-founder of.
• "This (Illegal) American Life" followed the lives of two undocumented immigrants in California: one a strawberry picker living in an Oxnard flophouse, the other a UCLA student who crossed the border in the trunk of a.
• "Soccer's Lost Boys" uncovered the exploitation and trafficking of young West African soccer players. Shot in Ghana, Morocco and France, the story was nominated for a 2010 Sports Emmy in the journalism category.

Executive Produced infoMania, a satirical clip show about the week in media, and The Rotten Tomatoes Show, a movie review produced in cooperation with the popular website. Key duties:- oversaw a production staff of 25 performers, writers, producers and editors- ensured deliver of two half-hour shows each week- led story selection- worked with talent on all.

M.J., Journalism (Documentary Film)

Thesis documentary film, "Playing the News, " screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW, Seattle International Film Festival, Florida.

Ba, English

Activities and Societies: Men's Soccer - Team Captain, First Team All-Ivy League (1996)

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