Projects Category: Commissions

Governors Island

Director + D.P. + Editor (Multiple Projects) Governors Island is a 172-acre island in the heart of New York Har­bor. Just min­utes from Low­er Man­hat­tan and the Brook­lyn water­front by fer­ry, the Island is a pop­u­lar and unique des­ti­na­tion with an award-win­ning park com­ple­ment­ed by dozens of his­toric build­ings, year-round edu­ca­tion­al and cul­tur­al facil­i­ties, a […]

Wide Awakes

2020 Director + Editor For Freedoms, an artist-run platform for civic engagement, and Kickstarter contracted me to produce a video for the launch of a new project–Wide Awakes. This unprecedented crowdfunding campaign raised over $250,000 to support over a dozen projects across the United States that focus on get-out-the-vote initiatives and artistic interventions during the […]

Holding Down the Fort

Director + D.P. + Editor + Still Photographer I first produced an abridged version of this film in 2016. The Senior Housing Preservation-Detroit Coalition presented my early 6 minute cut to a working group of business leaders and advocates whose mission was to retain housing for senior Detroiters. In 2021, I expanded the film into […]

Reset: Towards a New Commons

Director + D.P. + Editor The majority of land owned by New York City Public Housing is unused open space–green fields fenced off to residents, and unsafe, underpopulated asphalt playgrounds. I was commissioned by a team of architects, urban planners and community researchers to document a process where they engaged young adults from New York […]

Juvenile Lifers

State Appellate Defender’s Office of Michigan | 2017-2021 | Multiple shorts | Director + D.P. + Editor In 2012, the US Supreme Court found that to sentence juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole is considered cruel and unusual punishment. As a result, public appellate defenders across the country are now working […]

Neighborhoods Now

Neighborhoods Now was a community-led design initiative to help NYC recover and rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Urban Design Forum and Van Alen Institute, Neighborhoods Now connected community organizations with 200+ designers, engineers, lawyers, and more to support their visions for a more resilient future. By building interdisciplinary partnerships, Neighborhoods Now has supported local […]