EDUCATION
2008
BFA Communication Design, Parsons School of Design. New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2026
ARCHIVES OF THE IMAGE BECOMING, En Foco Group Exhibition. Bronx, NY.
2026
En Foco Artist Fellowship. Bronx, NY.
2026
New York Portfolio Review hosted by the New York Times. New York, NY.
2026
Center for Photography in Woodstock Artist-in-Residence. Kingston, NY.
2026
New York State Council on the Arts Grantee for Chim Trời, Cá Nước. New York, NY.
2025
CURRENTS 2025, PhotoNOLA Showcase. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.
2025
Dạ, Đúng Rồi, Solo Exhibition, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2025
Meet the Artist Artist Talk, CPW, Kingston, NY.
2024
Lucie Foundation Scholarship, Fine Art – Emerging, Honorable Mention
2024
Gomma B&W Awards, Honorable Mention
2024
CPW Portfolio Review, Kingston, NY, Honorable Mention Chim Troi, Ca Nuoc
2020
Booooooom TV Awards, Special Mention, May Gray, June Gloom
2020
Vimeo Staff Pick, May Gray, June Gloom
2020
Rooftop Films Kayla Thomas Grant, Martin & Pedro
2019
NEON Shorts Award at DOC NYC, True Love in Pueblo Textil
2019
Best U.S. Short Film at Palm Springs ShortFest, King Wah (I Think I Love You)
2019
Best Documentary Short at Kansas City Film Festival, True Love in Pueblo Textil
2018
Documentary Short Special Mention at Bushwick Film Festival, The World’s Greatest Storyteller
2015
Emmy Award, Excellence in Interactive TV, HBO’s Last Week Tonight
2014
Emmy Award, Excellence in Visual Design, HBO’s Game of Thrones Viewers Guide
SELECT FILMOGRAPHY — WRITING & DIRECTING
2026
Chưa Chết, Mà (Not Dead Yet)
Documentary Short, 7’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Members of a funeral brass band in Vietnam reflect on their intimate proximity to death.
Screenings & Presentations:
2026 New Orleans Film Festival. New Orleans, LA.
2026 Viet Film Fest. Santa Ana, CA.
2026 Rooftop Films Summer Series. New York, NY.
Documentary Short, 7’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Members of a funeral brass band in Vietnam reflect on their intimate proximity to death.
Screenings & Presentations:
2026 New Orleans Film Festival. New Orleans, LA.
2026 Viet Film Fest. Santa Ana, CA.
2026 Rooftop Films Summer Series. New York, NY.
2021
Happy Days Are Here Again
Documentary Short, 4’
Co-writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
A visual essay on the sustained landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles during a brief respite in the changing of the political guard.
Documentary Short, 4’
Co-writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
A visual essay on the sustained landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles during a brief respite in the changing of the political guard.
2020
May Gray, June Gloom
Documentary Short, 3’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
A visual essay on uncertainty, social upheaval, and cautious hope in Los Angeles during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide protests.
Screenings & Presentations:
2020 Vimeo Staff Pick, curated online presentation
2020 Film Shortage Short Pick, curated online presentation
2020 Booooooom TV Awards, Special Mention
Documentary Short, 3’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
A visual essay on uncertainty, social upheaval, and cautious hope in Los Angeles during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide protests.
Screenings & Presentations:
2020 Vimeo Staff Pick, curated online presentation
2020 Film Shortage Short Pick, curated online presentation
2020 Booooooom TV Awards, Special Mention
2019
Greetings From Margaritaville
Narrative Short, 15’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Narrative Short, 15’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
2019
Bam & Rawls Grab a Slice
Hybrid Documentary Short, 5’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Two New York bike riders stop for a slice after a day riding through the city.
Screenings & Presentations:
2020 TIDE Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY.
2019 NoBudge, curated online presentation
2019 New Orleans Film Festival. New Orleans, LA.
2019 DOC NYC. New York, NY.
2019 Rooftop Films. New York, NY.
2019 Bushwick Film Festival. New York, NY.
Hybrid Documentary Short, 5’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Two New York bike riders stop for a slice after a day riding through the city.
Screenings & Presentations:
2020 TIDE Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY.
2019 NoBudge, curated online presentation
2019 New Orleans Film Festival. New Orleans, LA.
2019 DOC NYC. New York, NY.
2019 Rooftop Films. New York, NY.
2019 Bushwick Film Festival. New York, NY.
2019
King Wah (I Think I Love You)
Narrative Short, 8’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
A disgruntled delivery man, a woman with chronic déjà vu, Pat Sajak, and a slow dance in a Chinese takeout restaurant.
Screenings & Presentations:
2019 Palm Springs ShortFest, Best U.S. Short Film Award. Palm Springs, CA.
2019 Slamdance Film Festival. Park City, UT.
2019 North Bend Film Festival, Vincent Leong Best Actor Award. North Bend, WA.
2019 Rooftop Films. New York, NY.
2019 Sidewalk Films. Birmingham, AL.
2019 Florida Film Festival. Orlando, FL.
Narrative Short, 8’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
A disgruntled delivery man, a woman with chronic déjà vu, Pat Sajak, and a slow dance in a Chinese takeout restaurant.
Screenings & Presentations:
2019 Palm Springs ShortFest, Best U.S. Short Film Award. Palm Springs, CA.
2019 Slamdance Film Festival. Park City, UT.
2019 North Bend Film Festival, Vincent Leong Best Actor Award. North Bend, WA.
2019 Rooftop Films. New York, NY.
2019 Sidewalk Films. Birmingham, AL.
2019 Florida Film Festival. Orlando, FL.
2018
Wagner’s
Narrative Short, 8’
Co-writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Two estranged friends reunite hoping to recover a fraught relationship. When conversation fails them, a visit to a neighborhood convenience store reveals the one thing they still have in common.
Narrative Short, 8’
Co-writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Two estranged friends reunite hoping to recover a fraught relationship. When conversation fails them, a visit to a neighborhood convenience store reveals the one thing they still have in common.
2017
True Love in Pueblo Textil
Documentary Short, 5’
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
A nine-year-old schoolgirl in a small rural town explains how it feels to be stricken with the world's oldest infliction: love.
Screenings & Presentations:
2020 PBS POV Season 33, national broadcast
2019 The Atlantic, curated online presentation
2019 Rooftop Films. New York, NY.
2019 Booooooom TV, curated online presentation
2018 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Oberhausen, Germany
2018 LA Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA.
2018 SF DocFest. San Francisco, CA.
2018 Aesthetica Film Festival. York, England.
2018 DC Shorts. Washington, DC.
2018 DOC NYC, Neon Short Award. New York, NY.
2018 Florida Film Festival. Orlando, FL.
2018 Kansas City Film Festival, Best Documentary Short. Kansas City, MO.
2018 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. Havana, Cuba.
2018 Slamdance Film Festival. Park City, UT.
2017 Doc Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2017 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Documentary Short, 5’
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
A nine-year-old schoolgirl in a small rural town explains how it feels to be stricken with the world's oldest infliction: love.
Screenings & Presentations:
2020 PBS POV Season 33, national broadcast
2019 The Atlantic, curated online presentation
2019 Rooftop Films. New York, NY.
2019 Booooooom TV, curated online presentation
2018 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Oberhausen, Germany
2018 LA Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA.
2018 SF DocFest. San Francisco, CA.
2018 Aesthetica Film Festival. York, England.
2018 DC Shorts. Washington, DC.
2018 DOC NYC, Neon Short Award. New York, NY.
2018 Florida Film Festival. Orlando, FL.
2018 Kansas City Film Festival, Best Documentary Short. Kansas City, MO.
2018 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. Havana, Cuba.
2018 Slamdance Film Festival. Park City, UT.
2017 Doc Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2017 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2017
The World’s Greatest Storyteller
Documentary Short, 17’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
A Harlem-based street performer who has shared traditional African American folk tales in Greenwich Village bars for decades struggles to survive and keep a dying oral art form alive under the constant threat of eviction.
Screenings & Presentations:
2018 Athens Film + Video Festival. Athens, OH.
2018 Harlem Film Festival. New York, NY.
2018 Bushwick Film Festival, Documentary Short Special Mention. Brooklyn, NY.
2017 Filmshop Breakthrough Series, working sample presentation. New York, NY.
Documentary Short, 17’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
A Harlem-based street performer who has shared traditional African American folk tales in Greenwich Village bars for decades struggles to survive and keep a dying oral art form alive under the constant threat of eviction.
Screenings & Presentations:
2018 Athens Film + Video Festival. Athens, OH.
2018 Harlem Film Festival. New York, NY.
2018 Bushwick Film Festival, Documentary Short Special Mention. Brooklyn, NY.
2017 Filmshop Breakthrough Series, working sample presentation. New York, NY.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
2027
TAI LOOK (Working Title)
Documentary, approximately 30’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
New York, NY.
TAI LOOK follows a Manhattan Chinatown lion dance troupe during Chinese New Year, exploring cultural inheritance amid rapid neighborhood change.
Documentary, approximately 30’
Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
New York, NY.
TAI LOOK follows a Manhattan Chinatown lion dance troupe during Chinese New Year, exploring cultural inheritance amid rapid neighborhood change.
ORGANIZATIONS & COLLECTIVES
2020–Present
Diversify Photo (Full Member)
2020–Present
Slamdance Film Festival, Documentary Shorts Selection Committee
2020–2022
The Video Consortium, Producer of The Playback Series
2020
Juror, Palm Springs ShortFest “Best U.S. Short Film”
2017–Present
The Filmshop (New York, Los Angeles Chapters)
WORKSHOPS & MENTORSHIPS
2024
Vietnamese Boat People Workshop, Online
2019
Werner Herzog Documentary Filmmaking Mentorship, Pueblo Textil, Cuba.
2017
Artist Talk. ICP Conversations. New York, NY.
2017
Filmshop Breakthrough Series with Jon Alpert, DCTV, New York, NY.
2016
Alec Soth’s Little Brown Mushroom Workshop, St. Paul, MN.
2015
Chien-Chi Chang (Magnum Photos) Workshop, New York, NY.
2015
LOOK3 Photo Festival Portfolio Reviews (Scholarship), Charlottesville, VA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Editorial Clients: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, AFAR Magazine, HERE Journal
- Commercial / Collaborations: David Chang, LeBron James, Nike, Budweiser, PBS, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Hulu, FX, HBO