Alabama Roots (2024)

Co-Director / Co-Editor / Sound Designer & Mixer

Created with the support of the Southern Exposure Film Fellowship.

In "Alabama Roots", we travel across Alabama rediscovering our native plants, meeting passionate plant people along the way who are making changes big and small in hopes of preserving the last vestiges of once vast ecosystems and Alabama’s unprecedented botanical biodiversity.

  • Winner: Better Environments Award, Better Cities Film Festival

  • Official Selection: Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Moss Farm in Montreal, Sidewalk Film Festival, Better Cities Film Festival

Regulars - selected scene

Rachel, a withdrawn English tutor, becomes enamored with Russian exchange student Nikoli. When she convinces herself he’s in love with her, a harmless crush spirals into unsettling obsession, driving her to pursue him at any cost.

  • Festival submissions in progress.

Writer / Director / Co-Editor

Kin: The P-22 Story - selected scene

“Kin: The P-22 Story” explores the relationship between famous Los Angeles mountain lion P-22, who resided in Griffith Park, and Miguel Ordeñana, the wildlife biologist who discovered him.

  • Completed short documentary. Seeking distribution.

Co-Director / Producer / Co-Editor / Sound Designer & Mixer