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VIRTUAL REALITY
Melting Ice, Director Danfung Dennis, Sundance Premiere, 2017 Shot and co-produced 360 VR documentary on global warming with Al Gore in Greenland as part of Condition One VR team.
INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY
Eric and Anna, Directors Katie Galloway and Kelly Duene de la Vega, Field of Vision, 2015 Cinematography for short documentary about a teenage informant for the FBI, and the activist she helped to put in prison for nearly 20 years. A
Fragile Trust, Director Samantha Grant, Independent Lens, 2013 Principle cinematography on one-hour film about the plagiarism scandal involving former NYT journalist Jason Blair
The Waiting Room, Director Pete Nicks, PBS Independent Lens, 2012 Co-Producer and Additional Cinematography for this observational, feature documentary about Highland Hospital, in Oakland CA during the film's critical developmental phase.
Crushed: The Oxycontin Interviews, Director Steven Okazaki, 2011 Co-Producer & Cinematographer for educational short about oxycontin addiction among young people
The Conscience of Nhem En, Director Steven Okazaki, HBO - Academy Award nominee 2008 Associate Producer, Sound Recordist, and Additional Camera for short documentary about Nhem En, the Khmer Rouge photographer responsible for taking the thousands of ID photos of prisoners at the infamous prison “S-21”.
Pollen Nation, 2007 Producer/Director/Sound Recordist for award-winning short film on migratory beekeeping and commercial pollination.
Captain Lakshmi, 2006 Camera, Producer, Director for 10-minute profile of former Indian Independence leader Captain Lakshmi Sahgal.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
The Dark Prison, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2016 Producer/Cinematographer for 25 minute film that tells the story of individuals put through the CIA's infamous post-9/11 torture program
The Puerto Rico Gamble, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2015
South Sudan: Country of Dreams, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2015
Haiti in a Time of Cholera, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English 2013 Cinematographer and Co-Producer with Correspondent Sebastian Walker. 26 minute film on cholera epidemic in Haiti. Awarded 2013 Peabody Award and 2013 Emmy award Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine.
Cross-Border Killing, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2013 Producer for 26 minute film on US Border Patrol
Chasing Fire, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2013 Producer and Camera, 26 minute film on cost of waging war on wildfire
Mexico's Vigilante State, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2014 Producer, DP, 26 minute film on autodefensa movement in Michoacan. Awarded 2014 Overseas Press Club ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN citation for "best reporting in any medium on Latin America"
South Sudan: Country of Dreams, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2015 Producer and DP, Hour-long documentary on history of crisis in South Sudan
Baltimore, the Anatomy of an American City, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012 Cinematographer
Anaheim: A Tale of Two Cities, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012 Cinematographer
Disenfranchised in America, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012 Cinematographer
The Abortion Wars, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012 Cinematographer
The Price of the Party - Conventions 2012, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012 Cinematographer
Battle for the Arctic Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2012 Cinematographer
Kenya: Drought Zone Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2011 Cinematographer
Horn of Africa Crisis: Somalia's Famine, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English, 2011 Cinematographer
Uganda: Out of the Wild, PBS FRONTLINE/World, October 2009 Producer & Cinematographer for this short documentary following pioneering wildlife veterinarian Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, as she works to control diseases at the human/wildlife/livestock interface in the mountainous jungles of Uganda.
The People’s Sheriff, PBS Bill Moyers/Expose, 2009 Field Producer and Additional Camera for this profile of Pulitzer Prize winning reporters at the East Valley Tribune, as they investigate sheriff Joe Arpaio’s controversial law-enforcement strategies and immigration enforcement tactics. Produced by Pete Nicks.
A Girl’s Life, PBS FRONTLINE/World, 2007 Cinematography for story about girl’s education in Nepal. Recipient of South Asian Journalist’s Association award (1st place, any subject, on-line journalism).
India: Design Like You Give a Damn, PBS FRONTLINE/World, 2008 Reporter/Co-Producer for magazine story on reconstruction efforts on the tsunami-struck Indian coastline.
SERIES
Sound Tracks: Quick Hits, PBS Cinemotography for live music series
Weed Wars, Discovery Channel, 2011 Story producer/Cinematographer for four 1-hour episodes on medical marijuana industry. Produced & Directed by Braverman Productions.
The Journey of the Plastiki, National Geographic International, 2011 Sailed from Christmas Island to Samoa as story producer and cinematographer for this two-hour series following the construction of eco-adventurer and banking heir David de Rothschild’s experimental catamaran, the Plastiki. Documented construction of boat in San Francisco for more than a year. Produced by Alan Hayling, Renegade Pictures, London. Directed by Max Jourdan.
WEB
The Cartoonists Goal, New York Times, 2012 Co-Producer/Cinematography for short video on Oakland cartoonist Daniel Clowes.
LIVE/EXHIBITION
Live Performance "The Sound of Plastic" for Pop-Up Magazine, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 2011
PRINT
The Almond and the Bee, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, 2007