ABOUT

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obsessed with the moving image

 
 

I’m a filmmaker who believes in the transformational power of telling your own story.

My work is largely a legacy of the power of imagination from my ancestors. That’s my inheritance from the front porch of my great grandmother's house in Fernwood, Mississippi to the Watts Towers in California. 

My work as the director of Retch (2019) won best film at the Seattle Black Film Festival. I worked in higher education for 15 years before transitioning into film production a few years ago.

Since then I’ve tried nearly every crew position, and mostly edit narrative shorts and non-fiction. I’m an emerging filmmaker over 40, who’s very interested in stories about home and the deconstruction of linear time.

My latest short film, CREAK! is scheduled for release summer 2021.