Paradise Recovered
In 2009, Andie Redwine of By The Glass Productions brought me onboard to co-produce and direct the feature film Paradise Recovered.
The film premiered at Heartland Film Festival and Austin Film Festival in 2010. The team won multiple awards on the festival circuit, including the Grand Jury Prize at deadCENTER Film Festival, Best Picture at Northwestern University’s Talking Pictures Film Festival, and Best Feature for Women’s/Gender Issues at the Southern Appalachian Film Festival.
Paradise Recovered premiered on VOD, DVD, and Netflix in 2012.
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Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor
In 2018, I partnered with By The Glass Productions and WTIU Public Television to Produce and Direct the PBS documentary Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor.
Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor details the life of a Hoosier farm boy with a knack for innovation. The father of the American diesel truck engine, Cummins combined elbow grease, a keen mind, and rural pragmatism to co-found what became Cummins, Inc., a Fortune 500 international diesel and alternative fuel engines company.
The film was a centerpiece of WTIU’s annual fundraising drive and went on to be nominated for a Regional Emmy.
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Director of Video Production at Feed the Children
In 2018, I joined the staff of Feed the Children, a global non-profit organization focused on alleviating childhood hunger.
Since joining the team, I have traveled the world producing, directing, photographing, and editing dozens of award winning PSAs and video productions.
Recently, Our PSA “If Words Were Enough” received a Silver Addy for Public Service Television, a Gold Telly in the Social Impact – Online Commercials category, and three Silver Tellys in the General Not-for-Profit, Not-For-Profit – Branded Content and General Fundraising and Appeals categories.
To date, the PSA has aired more than 18,000 times across 137 markets and has an audience of more than 31 million.
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