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Production Design

THE SEER

Written & Directed by Peter Gillen

Producer | Production Design

Returning home to visit his sick brother, Isaac is quickly enraptured by his cult leader father.

Official Selection of Ithaca Film Festival

SURREPTITIOUS

Written by Grace Drury, Directed by Sophia Guarnischeli

Assistant Director

A boom operator becomes enraptured with the marvelous, main, A-list actress of the set, but their passionate connection starts to go awry after not everything is what it seems.

Philly Film Showcase

BOOTES

Written & Directed by August Van Der Werf

Assistant Director | Actor

Jack brings his girlfriend home after dragging her to his band practice with his misogynistic friends. On the ride home, he accidentally runs over her cat, Bootes. After the cat is dead and buried, he comes back to life and encourages Jack through his New Zealand accent to kill his awful friend. (Shot in 16mm on the Aaton XTR)

David Ames Film Grant

FRANKIE & DOYLE

Written & Directed by Byrne Mazzella

Producer

During the heist of a drug recipe from an opposing mafia, a hitman is forced to hitch a ride with the mafioso's brother as he delivers pizza.

Pendleton Grant Recipient

EAT MY HEART OUT

Written & Directed by Byrne Mazzella

Producer | 2nd Assistant Director

A gutsy and bloody queer romance about desperation and the twisted things we do for love. Following Victor, a coroner's assistant slowly succumbing to his cannibalistic urges, and Peter, an unemployed deadbeat living out of a motel. Their short-lived love story is doomed for a juicy ending. 

Pendleton Grant Recipient

GREETINGS FROM AMERICA!

Written & Directed by Ryan Williams-Abrams

Casting | 2nd Assistant Director

A darkly comic look at the state of American public education system following the prince of a fictional country on a visit to the Best High School In America, he learns the sinister secret behind the facade of American patriotism.​

 

ONDEH

Directed by Cherry Alcantara & Akiyo Komatsu

Art Assistant

A young Malaysian pastry chef faces a decisive baking assessment, where success is the key to securing her visa and staying in the U.S.

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New York Shorts International Film Festival Official Selection

AMY

Written & Directed by Alec Elan

Writer | Director | Editor

A misogynistic guy ask out a girl (Alexa Chalnick) who has clearly just murdered someone in her dorm room. He doesn't notice the mess.
 

MY MONSTER

Written & Directed by Alec Elan

Writer, Director, Animator, Editior

The Monster under the bed accidentally falls in a box and gets brought to college.
 

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