My films
I've made so many movies in my life that it is hard to choose what makes it onto this page. Here are the recent completions, the award winners, and some weird ones just for fun. Here is myself. Enjoy!
Two in the morning
It's past 2am and June is up late watching TV, when a knock jolts her up. Worst of all, it's her roommate!
Writer, director, editor.
Prod 200 SHorts
Gone to Pieces
A young woman quarantining slowly starts to derail when she discovers a piece of her puzzle is missing.
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor.
Peace, Man!
This documentary follows my step-father Tony and his experience in the Vietnam War and in peace advocacy.
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor.
Fishing for Youth
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after"
- Henry David Thoreau
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor
Calamity in Kronendorf
A medieval fantasy short made via zoom during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Writer, co-director, editor.
Ring Finger
Two romantically-involved petty criminals run into trouble when they find that they've stolen something very meaningful from another couple.
Director, writer, producer, editor
Stuck in the Sunshine
My quarantine film, dedicated to the never-ending summer of 2020 and the mental state it induces.
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor.
Revue
An experimental look at gender and gender relationships in the modern entertainment industry.
Accepted to SXSW (Texas High School Shorts), the Media Arts Festival and the Austin Youth Film Festival.
Writer, director, editor.
Finally Meeting
The story of two old friends brought together one last time the day before graduation.
Writer, director, editor.
Waiting
A bed-sheet ghost gets a mission to scare someone out of her house but discovers that it won't be easy.
First Runner Up at the Austin Youth Film Festival.
Accepted to the All American High School Film Festival.
Silver Key from the Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition.
Writer, director, editor, actor.
Today I Feel
An honest and moving portrayal of teens dealing with their mental health conditions. A story of friendship, perseverance, and finding your way to okay.
Director.
Maureen and Astrid
Maureen thinks that her boyfriend might be cheating on her so she enlists the help of her best friend Astrid to see if he would ever be unfaithful.
Accepted to the Austin Film Festival, Youth Filmmakers Competition, the All American High School Film Festival, and the Austin Youth Film Festival.
Writer, director, editor.
Lightless
In a future society where everyone is mandated to wear colored lights on their bodies, one citizen has hers removed by the only force she can't control, love.
Honorable Mention at the Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition.
Writer, cinematographer, actor.
Benny Leo Huskon Memorial
A documentary memorializing the life of a fallen Vietnam Veteran.
Won Best Documentary at the Austin Youth Film Festival.
Writer, director, editor.
Superstition
A film made in 72 hours about an artist who just wants to paint and the very, very unlucky events that keep her from doing so.
Won third place at the ATX Weekend Film Challenge.
Writer, director, editor.
Two Of Me
An insecure high school boy asks a way-out-of-his-league girl on a date, but before it even begins something unexplainable happens.
Texas UIL State Semi-Finalist. Accepted to the MacGuffin Film Festival in Moscow, Russia.
Writer, cinematographer, editor.
Experimental Gambles
Beautiful
At an empty parking garage, a young man deals with beauty and self-hatred in the modern world.
Director, cinematographer, editor.
Hard Llano
Somewhere in small town Texas, a carved totem causes chaos.
Director, cinematographer, editor.
Janani Music Video
In the rural woods, a man is haunted by visions of... saxophones?
Co-director, cinematographer.
"He didn't mean too"
A personal story about unhealthy relationships and the toll they take on the body and the self.
Produced by the Creative Action Youth Cinema Collective.
Cinematographer.
I am here
Reflecting the lived experience of young people in danger of deportation, "I Am Here" is a story about finding your truth amidst the pressures of family and an uncertain future.
Made as part of the Creative Action Youth Cinema Collective. Do It Your Damn Self Film Festival selected film.
Editor.
Additional Videos
A G.B.B.C. Production
A Needle in a Haystack
A G.B.B.C. Production
Gatorade. Gatorade. Gatorade.
Gatorade, it’s Gatorade.
A Painting In Time
A Needle in a Haystack
A G.B.B.C. Production
A Needle in a Haystack
A Needle in a Haystack
A Needle in a Haystack
A search around New York for a perfect stranger brings two sisters closer together.
Tokenized
The Happy Journey
A Needle in a Haystack
The Happy Journey
The Happy Journey
The Happy Journey
Murder Swap
The Happy Journey
The Happy Journey
Even More Videos
King Cake
Isolated Incidents
Isolated Incidents
Isolated Incidents
Isolated Incidents
Isolated Incidents
Acceptance
Isolated Incidents
Acceptance
A high school senior puts off thinking about college and dwells in his childhood.
Memories
Origin Stories
Acceptance
We all have childhood memories. These are mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdM7jKw4ONg&feature=youtu.be
Origin Stories
Origin Stories
Origin Stories
The Last Man
Origin Stories
Origin Stories
The last man on Earth, resigned to his fate, desperately searches for human connection.
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