CREDITS
FILMS, SERIES & CURRENT AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR: Batali: The Fall of a Superstar Chef
2022 | Discovery+ | RT: 80 mins
DIRECTOR: The Photo Op
Blow-by-blow story of the crushing of a peaceful BLM protest in front of the White House for President Trump’s now infamous bible photo op.
2020 | Vice TV | RT: 66 mins
WRITER, POST-PRODUCER: Fire and Water
2020 | The Weekly, for the New York Times, FX and Hulu
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER: Mr. McGahn
2019 |The Weekly, for the New York Times, FX and Hulu
SUPERVISING PRODUCER, ADD'L PHOTOGRAPHY: The Rabbit Hole
2019 | The Weekly, for the New York Times, FX and Hulu
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, ADD'L PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITER: Guilty By Machine
2019 | The Weekly, for the New York Times, FX and Hulu
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER: Collision
2019 | The Weekly, for the New York Times, FX and Hulu
CINEMATOGRAPHER & PRODUCER: Middle East Bureau, Vice on HBO, 2017-2018
Managed multiple monthly deployments from Beirut including coverage of on-going Palestinian protests in Gaza and the West Bank, the war in Afghanistan, the fall of Isis-controlled Mosul and subsequent recovery efforts, and effects of sanctions on Iran.
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Melting Ice
360 Virtual Reality documentary on global warming featuring Al Gore meeting with climate scientists in Greenland
Condition One, Director Danfung Dennis
2017 | Sundance Premiere
PRODUCER, WRITER, CINEMATOGRAPHER: The Dark Prison
An investigation into the fates of the 119 men the CIA officially tortured its "enhanced interrogation program"
2016 Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English
CINEMATOGRAPHER, CO-PRODUCER: Haiti in a Time of Cholera
Investigation into the ongoing toll of cholera in Haiti, and the UN's responsibility for the epidemic.
Awarded 2013 Peabody Award and 2013 Emmy award Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine.
2013, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English
PRODUCER, WRITER: Cross-Border Killing
What happens when a US Border Patrol agent kills someone on the Mexican side of the border?
2013, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English
PRODUCER, WRITER, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Chasing Fire
Investigation into the cost of fighting wildfires
2013, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English
PRODUCER, WRITER, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mexico's Vigilante State
Investigation into the origins of the autodefensa movement in Michoacan
Awarded 2014 Overseas Press Club ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN citation for "best reporting in any medium on Latin America"
2014, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English
PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER: South Sudan: Country of Dreams
Investigation into the history of crisis in South Sudan
2015, Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fault lines 2011-2016
The Puerto Rico Gamble
Baltimore, the Anatomy of an American City
Anaheim: A Tale of Two Cities
Disenfranchised in America
The Abortion Wars
The Price of the Party - Conventions
Battle for the Arctic
Kenya: Drought Zone
Horn of Africa Crisis: Somalia's Famine
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Eric and Anna
A teenage informant for the FBI, and the activist she helped to put in prison for nearly 20 years.
Directed by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega
2015, Field of Vision
CINEMATOGRAPHER: A Fragile Trust
Jason Blair and the plagiarism scandal that rocked the NYT
Directed by Samantha Grant
2013, Independent Lens
STORY PRODUCER & CINEMATOGRAPHER: Weed Wars
Series based in the worlds largest medical marijuana dispensary.
Produced & Directed by Braverman Productions.
2011, Discovery Channel
FIELD PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER: The Journey of the Plastiki
Eco-adventurer and banking heir David de Rothschild’s sails his experimental catamaran, the Plastiki from San Francisco to Australia to raise awareness about plastic pollution.
Produced by Alan Hayling, Renegade Pictures, London. Directed by Max Jourdan.
2011, National Geographic International (two-part series)
PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Uganda: Out of the Wild
Profile of pioneering wildlife veterinarian Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, as she works to control diseases at the human/wildlife/livestock interface in the mountainous jungles of Uganda
2009, PBS FRONTLINE/World
FIELD PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHY: The People’s Sheriff
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.
2009, PBS Bill Moyers/Expose
CO-PRODUCER, ADD'L CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Conscience of Nhem En
Nhem En, the Khmer Rouge photographer responsible for taking the thousands of ID photos of prisoners at the infamous prison “S-21," defends his life story.
Directed by Steven Okazaki
2008, Academy Award nominee, HBO
REPORTER, CO-PRODUCER: India: Design Like You Give a Damn
Reconstruction efforts on the tsunami-struck Indian coastline.
2008. PBS FRONTLINE/World
CINEMATOGRAPHER: A Girl’s Life
Report focused on efforts to increase girl’s education in Nepal. Recipient of South Asian Journalist’s Association award (1st place, any subject, on-line journalism).
2007, PBS FRONTLINE/World
WEB
The Cartoonists Goal
Co-Producer/Cinematography for short video on Oakland cartoonist Daniel Clowes.
New York Times, 2012
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Sound Tracks: Quick Hits
live coverage of top musical artists
2009, PBS
LIVE/EXHIBITION
Live Performance "The Sound of Plastic" for Pop-Up Magazine, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 2011
SELECTED PRINT
The Almond and the Bee, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, 2007
SELECTED PRESS
Documentary Magazine, September 2017
New York Times, September 2022
Washington Post, 2022