Originally from California, she moved to New York to study acting at the Tisch School of the Arts. While volunteering as a script reader and working in a commercial production house, she began writing and directing theater. Her first screenplay, The Garage was a quarterfinalist of the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship. Security, her first collaboration with Greg Stuhr, was selected for the IFP’s Emerging Narrative Program. She co-wrote and directed their second collaboration The American Side hailed as an “adrenaline-charged pop-noir mystery,” by The Hollywood Reporter and starring Greg Stuhr, Matthew Broderick, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Forster, Camilla Belle and Robert Vaughn (In theaters, Spring 2016). With award-winning producers Caroline Waterlow and Nina Krstic (OJ: Made in America), she is currently developing several projects including a limited-series based on her script Security and a long-form narrative series set in the late 60’s. She is a member of the Director’s Guild of America.
BFA in Theatre, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Feature Films: The American Side, Ben’s Plan
Short Films: Milestone
Branded Content: DOVE Self-Esteem Project
Music Video: You Must Love Me (Artist- Maddie Larkin)
Scripts: The American Side, Ben’s Plan, Security (IFP Emerging Narrative), The Garage (Nicholl Fellowship), The Archivist
Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker, Best Drama AOF Festival, Distinguished Debut London Independent Film Festival
Narrative I & II
Writing the Short Film
Directing for Film
Creating Character I & II (The Actor/Writer Collaboration)
Advanced Directing I & II