A production company specializing in brand content, documentary, and dramatic film. HTTPS://www.gothamarts.comSELECT PROJECTS:"Jesters and Fools" (2024)Documentary short about political polarization, highlighting the work of Duke University social scientist Chris Bail, PhD, with comedians Colin Quinn, Mo Amer, Jim Norton, Rosebud Baker, Nathan Macintosh, and Dean Edwards."Sand Castle" (2015) - Film Director / ProducerDramatic short film produced by Truffle Films. Toronto TIFF Kids International Film Festival premiere. Spotlight Short Film Award Silver Medal winner. Managed large multi-department team, oversaw budget, physical and creative production."Day for Night @ THE HUFFINGTON POST (2013 - 2017) - Host/Producer A sponsored series of streaming video filmmaker and cast interviews on The Huffington Post. Produce screening events for audiences and put together sponsors CitiCard, William Grant & Sons Distillers, Peroni and Element Snacks. Subjects have included: Paul Reiser, Marisa Tomei, Shaileen Woodley, Kurt Russell, John Lithgow, Michael C. Hall, Katie Couric, Elijah Wood, Bobby Canavale, David Cross, Alfred Molina, Cheryl Hines, Mark Duplass, John Slattery, Ira Sachs, John Krokidas."Love, Lots of It" (2011) - Screenwriter / Director / ProducerDramatic short film starring Campbell Scott. Wrote and oversaw budget, physical and creative production of mid-budget short film with name talent.Tribeca Film Festival premiere, Palm Springs ShortsFest, Los Angeles Film Festival, others. Distributed by Shorts International to television and iTunes, and DUST Network:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omSNrhqriZ8

• Purpose: Tease sophisticated donor audiences with content that is easily engaging, to inspire philanthropy. Execution: Conceived, directed, produced, and recruited team for the Office’s first suite of engagement videos to capture the imaginations of potential donors with the imaginations of Mount Sinai’s leading brain researchers: major depression, neurodegenerative disorders, and neuroimmune disorders. Videos were used for direct major-gift-donor engagement and events, and segmented for social media and annual giving email campaigns. • Purpose: Provide a transformational vision to the royal leader of a foreign country to secure an eight-figure donation to Mount Sinai Heart. Execution: A 100-page, designed volume presenting an integrated package of infrastructure, research, and educational efforts, bound together and expressed in design by a visual metaphor. Led the research, writing, and novel conception of the proposal, helped oversee design, and wrote the interview for the pre-ask stewardship video.• Purpose: Spark donations for Mount Sinai's COVID-19 clinical and research efforts. Execution: Successfully enlisted A-list celebrities like Mark Wahlberg and John Turturro to entreat their social media followers to give by sharing a flowcode and link through their channels.

Filmmaker for international content studio with a focus on clients in the financial sector.

Created “Writing the Short Film” and "Writing and Directing the Short Film" classes, and teach “Screenwriting I.”

Created and taught remote Writing and Directing the Short Film class to students in China.

Conceive stories highlighting the craft elements of film directing. Write behind the scenes stories, profiles, and “Screening Room” pieces with filmmakers including: Mike Nichols, Jon Favreau, Kenneth Branagh, Vince Gilligan, Tim Burton, Emma Thompson, Robert Altman, Julien Schnabel, P.T. Anderson, James L. Brooks, Spike Jonze, Bill Condon, David O. Russell, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky, Jim Jarmusch, Barry Sonnenfeld, Jonathan Demme, Bennett Miller, Alex Gibney, Jean-Marc Vallee, Lawrence Kasdan, Gore Verbinski.

Filmmaker of branded content for London-based agency. Past projects include this campaign for the CFA Institute:

Filmmaker / producer at award winning branded entertainment company, under Creative Director Tim Piper. • Opportunity: The Boston Consulting Group is relocating its offices to the new Hudson Yards. Leveraged Opportunity: Direct a short documentary on the architecture and theory behind the innovative new offices as a way of showcasing BCG’s innovation and personality for its clients.Co-director of Estée Lauder spot featuring Kendall Jenner.Producer of one internal and one external spot for E*Trade.Manage team, oversee budget.

A continuing series of streaming video filmmaker and cast interviews on The Huffington Post sponsored by CitiCard.Subjects have included: Paul Reiser, Marisa Tomei, Shaileen Woodley, Kurt Russell, John Lithgow, Michael C. Hall, Katie Couric, Elijah Wood, Bobby Canavale, David Cross, Alfred Molina, Cheryl Hines, Mark Duplass, John Slattery, Ira Sachs, John Krokidas.Tweeting on @Day4NightTalksPosting at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/day-for-nightSponsorship opportunities: http://www.syndicate-5.com/event/day-for-night-series/

Industry analysis, essays, and interviews with filmmakers, e.g., Charlie Kaufman, Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, Wes Anderson, Nora Ephron, Peter Jackson, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, James L. Brooks, Spike Jonze, David Koepp, Brian DePalma, Matt Reeves, Noah Baumbach.

Contributor of introductions and Q&A’s for screenplay books including:Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney), Adaptation (Charlie Kaufman & Spike Jonze), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (C. Kaufman), Capote (Bennett Miller), Spanglish (James L. Brooks), The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach), Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy), Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle), Kinsey (Bill Condon), Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal), I Heart Huckabees (David O. Russell).

Teach sophomore and continuing education “Screenwriting and Directing for the Short Film.”

Responsible for creative development, European Coproduction financing, talent packaging, talent liaison, property acquisition, film sales, film festivals.Associate Producer of "Perfume," directed by Michael Rymer and starring ensemble cast: Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Williams, Rita Wilson, Paul Sorvino, Mariel Hemingway, Omar Epps, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Gaby Hoffmann, Leslie Mann, Harris Yulin, Griffin Dunne.Sundance Film Festival premiere.Films include: Perfume (Lions Gate, Sundance Film Festival, dir. Michael Rymer), Acts of Worship (Sundance Film Festival).Production services for: Prozac Nation, Come Away With Me, misc. commercials/PSAs.

Produced and oversaw all aspects of production for major events at Cornell University's two man venues with capacities of 2000 and 6000. Some concerts included The Black Crowes, Blues Traveler, B.B. King, Live, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Notorious BIG, The Indigo Girls, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba, Gang Star, Coolio, The Roots, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Gin Blossoms, Joshua Redman, Branford & Ellis Marsalis, Jewel.Evaluated and negotiated artist contracts with record companies and band management, supervised a multi-department staff of 100+, responsible for annual budget of $250,000.