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I Know I Can Succeed & Learning about My New Self

24 Hours of Reality

Supervising Producer

The Climate Reality Project (founded by Al Gore) and Shoulder Hill Events

18 short documentaries filmed in 17 countries for a 24-hour live global broadcast.  These uplifting stories highlight the human effort to solve the climate crisis--from government of Chile to farmers in Indonesia (aired in more than 100 countries Dec. 4-5, 2018).

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Executive Producer and Cinematographer

College Re-Entry Program, Fountain House, NYC

 

Two college students share how they recovered from a major mental health breakdown and successfully returned to school with the support of the College Re-Entry Program at Fountain House.  (2 x 2-min. documentary shorts.)


Ending Fistula in Ethiopia

Director of Photography

Healing Hands of Joy

The powerful story of a young woman who recovered from a devastating childbirth injury and now saves the lives of other women through her work as a safe motherhood ambassador. (1 x 6-min. documentary short.)

 


Tribute to Leonard Lauder & Gala 2016

Director & Producer

The Whitney Museum of Art

 

A profile of Leonard Lauder, the renowned businessman and art collector, who has devoted his life to the support of American art, culminating an endowment to The Whitney Museum. (April 2016)


Global Health Frontiers

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Cinematographer

Cielo Global Health Media

 

 

Shot in a handheld verite style, powerful stories that take viewers to the front lines of the global health crisis and shine a spotlight on successes.  


Supply Chain: The End-to-End Fight Against NTDS

Executive Producer & Director

Neglected Tropical Diseases Forum with GSK and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 

From factories in Mexico to community health workers in African villages, we cover what it takes to get donate medicines to the people who need them.  Filmed in Malawi, Indonesia, Nepal, South Africa and Mexico (Spring 2015).  

Changing the World's Conversation

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Executive Producer & Cinematographer

The OpEd Project - Public Voices Fellowship, NYC

 

 

Beginning a 5th year highlighting women and minority thinkers who are part of the Public Voices Fellowship at Yale University, Northwestern, Dartmouth, the Ford Foundation and other institutions across the U.S.  The films highlight the fellowship’s mission to increase the public impact of our nation's top underrepresented thinkers in the public dialogue. (2013-2017)


Building a New Whitney

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Executive Producer and Director

The Whitney Museum of Art

 

Annual Gala video honoring Robert Hurst. Moving from its historic home on the upper east side to the Meatpacking district, the Whitney overcomes huge hurdles to build a "museum of the people" (May 2016)


Living With Lymphatic Filariasis

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Director & Cinematographer

Global Health Programme, GSK

 

Personal stories of people suffering from the debilitating effects of a mosquito-transmitted disease also known as “elephantiasis.” Part of the effort to prevent disease through the donation of medicines.


African Einstein

Director & Cinematographer

NOVA (WGBH) & Vulcan Productions

 

Pilot for a feature-length documentary on the personal journeys of mathemeticians who will transform the continent  (Spring 2014)    


CHEER | Independent Feature Length Film

Director & Cinematographer

Flying Pup Productions

 

Follows a cheer team of teenage girls with special needs such as autism and down syndrome as they perform at a national competition  (in production).

Fixing the Future: Now on PBS | Feature Length Film

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Director & Director of Photography

PBS and JumpStart Productions

 

A feature-length film and one-hour PBS prime-time special that takes a journey across America with host David Brancaccio to see how Main Street is bringing back jobs (aired Nov. 18, 2010; theatrical release in 70 theaters July 2012).


Real Life Tips for Kids with Autism

Producer & Cinematographer

Children's Specialized Hospital

 

 

 

Interviews with 24 experts at Children's Specialized Hospital in NJ offering a range of much-needed information and resources to families from understanding a diagnosis to transitioning to adulthood.  (24 x 2 mins. 2011)

 

Saving Haiti's Mothers

Field Producer & Cinematographer

NOW on PBS (and the BIR)

 

A documentary featuring heroic efforts to get women in troubled labor out of the remote mountainous villages of Haiti (aired Jan. 29, 2010).


Earlier Work with Engel Entertainment


Women, Power & Politics

Director, Producer, Writer & Cinematographer

NOW on PBS

 

One-hour special with senior correspondent Maria Hinojosa that takes an intimate look at the triumphs and setbacks of women leaders around the world (aired Sept. 19, 2008).

Middle Class Insecurity

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Producer & Cinematographer

NOW on PB

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With host David Brancaccio we head to the midwest to explore how housing and health costs keep the middle class struggling


A Walk to Beautiful

Director, Producer & Cinematographer

Theatrically-released Feature-length Documentary; Aired on NOVA/PBS

 

An Emmy award-winning film that follows the journeys of five women in Ethiopia who suffer from a horrendous childbirth injury as they attempt to regain their lives (2008).

Child Brides

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Field Producer & Cinematographer

NOW on PBS

 

One-hour special on the devastating effects of early marriage on young girls’ lives in India, Niger and Guatemala with host Maria Hinojosa. Nominated for an Emmy (aired Oct. 12, 2007).


Cannibalism

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Producer & Director

The History Channel

 

In the face of death, tragic choices confronted the Donner Party—American pioneers stranded in the Sierras—and Cuban soldiers who were lost at sea after the Bay of Pig Invasion.

Libraries and Autism: We're Connected

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Producer & Cinematographer

Library Connections

 

A customer service training video for libraries and librarians to help improve their service to and interactions with the ASD community and make libraries more welcoming to all users.


Quest for Columbus: In Search of the      Santa Maria

Producer

Discovery Channel

 

One-hour documentary about an underwater explorer's search for Columbus's flagship the Santa Maria and the discovery of the sailors' fort, La Navidad - part of Discovery's blue-chip Quest series with hi-end CGI and underwater cinematography (aired May 25, 2004).

Mummy Road Show

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Series Producer, 

Seasons 1, 2 & 3

National Geographic Channels (U.S. and International)

 

The series follows the adventures of bio-anthropologists Ron Beckett and Jerry Conlogue as they cross the globe using imaging technology to bring mummies' stories to life. (Fall 2001, '02 & '03).                                         Producer, Director & Writer of 9 episodes