Photo Credit: LaQuann Dawson
Oh, hey there.
I’m a queer and trans director and producer living in Brooklyn.
I was born in Chicago, but my parents live in the suburbs. I still claim Chicago despite this.
Some of my films include The Script, Caro Comes Out, Across, Beyond, and Over, Botanical Black, and trans·ience. I produce nonfiction and fiction films including Crystal Kayiza’s Sundance Short Film Jury Award Winner Rest Stop and Lydia Cornett’s Bug Farm, which was distributed through POV and Nowness.
I’m very fortunate to have the support of The Sundance Institute (2023 Sundance Institute Producers Intensive and 2016 Sundance Ignite Fellowship), Creative Culture, POV Shorts, GLAAD, The Gotham, HBO Documentary Films, Film Fatales, PBS, Yaddo, and Chicken & Egg Pictures. I’m currently a 2023-2023 BRIClab Artist-in-Residence and a 2023 Dear Producer Mentee.
I graduated from Carleton College's Cinema and Media Studies Program, where I made a lot of weird stuff.
Shout out to all the programmers and audiences at:
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VARIETY | IDA Documentary Awards Reveals 2023 Shortlists for Best Features and Shorts
DEAR PRODUCER | Announcing the 2023 Dear Producer Mentees
DOCUMENTARY MAGAZINE | BRIC Announces BRIClab 2023–2024 Artists-in-Residence
DEADLINE | POV Shorts And Chicken & Egg Pictures Announce Recipients Of Inaugural Doc Co-Production Fund
DEADLINE | Sundance Institute Sets Fellows For 2023 Producers Lab And Intensive
SEEN | With ‘Queer Futures’ Joy Becomes a Strategy for Liberation
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | GLAAD Announces Inaugural Class for New Equity in Media and Entertainment Initiative
ADOBE | A Revolutionary Trans Filmmaker
EBONY | These Four Black Documentary Filmmakers Are The Next Great Visual Storytellers
ESSENCE | With LGBTQ Hate On The Rise, This Black Film Series Celebrates Gender Affirmation And Acceptance
BK READER | Bed-Stuy Man Navigates Gender Identity With Mom's Support in New Gender Docuseries