CV

I’m a film­mak­er with six­teen years of expe­ri­ence in pro­duc­tion and edit­ing for broad­cast, web, and cin­e­ma, and a col­lege film instruc­tor with expe­ri­ence in cur­ricu­lum devel­op­ment and course design for online, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction.

Education

Mas­ter of Fine Arts in Film, Video, Ani­ma­tion and New Gen­res (2019)
Uni­ver­si­ty of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts

Bach­e­lor of Fine Arts in Film­mak­ing (2010)
Min­neapo­lis Col­lege of Art and Design

Teaching Experience

Ref­er­ences avail­able upon request.

Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Dig­i­tal Cin­e­ma (August 2022–present)
North­ern Michi­gan Uni­ver­si­ty – Mar­quette, MI

• As a sab­bat­i­cal place­ment for the 2022/​2023 aca­d­e­m­ic year, teach all Dig­i­tal Cin­e­ma classes
• Serve on foun­da­tion and senior review pan­els, par­tic­i­pat­ing in stu­dent pre­sen­ta­tions and port­fo­lio reviews
• Sup­port grad­u­at­ing Dig­i­tal Cin­e­ma stu­dents as they pre­pare for their senior exhibitions

Classes taught:

• AD 112: Dig­i­tal Cin­e­ma – Foundations
• AD 212: Dig­i­tal Cin­e­ma – Image Design
• AD 312B: Dig­i­tal Cin­e­ma – Alter­na­tive Forms
• AD 412A: Dig­i­tal Cin­e­ma – Pro­duc­tion Seminar

Lec­tur­er (August 2017–May 2022)
Uni­ver­si­ty of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts – Mil­wau­kee, WI

• Col­lab­o­rat­ed with senior fac­ul­ty to con­duct under­grad­u­ate class­es in the Film department
• Taught class­es of 20+ under­grad­u­ates; con­duct lec­tures, facil­i­tate dis­cus­sions, and lead critiques
• Eval­u­at­ed stu­dent essays, exams, and cre­ative media projects
• Served on a fac­ul­ty Foun­da­tion Review pan­el every semes­ter to eval­u­ate first-year stu­dent work

Classes taught:

• FILM 391: Cinematography
• FILM 110: Foun­da­tion Top­ics – Film & History
• FILM 110: Foun­da­tion Top­ics – Film & Language
• FILM 380: Media Arts Mod­ule – Direc­tor of Photography
• FILM 110: Foun­da­tion Top­ics – Film & Science
• FILM 118: Sound & Image
• FILM 231: Con­cept Devel­op­ment for Film Practice
• FILM 116: Lis­ten­ing and Record­ing (dis­cus­sion sec­tion)
• FILM 114: Film and Expe­ri­ence: The Film­mak­er and the View­er (dis­cus­sion sec­tion)

Pho­tog­ra­phy Tutor (Octo­ber 2015–March 2017)
Ver­local – Chica­go, IL

• Designed and taught one-on-one and small group pho­tog­ra­phy class­es for enthu­si­asts and professionals

Instructor/​Cinematographer (June–August 2016)
Mud­lark The­ater – Evanston, IL

• Team-taught a recur­ring two-week short film work­shop for 30–40 ele­men­tary-age students

Film­mak­ing Instruc­tor (August 2012–May 2015)
West­ern Iowa Tech Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege – Sioux City, IA

• Designed cur­ricu­lum and taught class­es in film pro­duc­tion, his­to­ry, and the­o­ry for Asso­ciate degree pro­gram in Film and Media Production
• Main­tained a full com­ple­ment of indus­try-stan­dard film equip­ment for stu­dent use
• Man­aged bud­get and sched­ule for all class film projects
• Assem­bled a pan­el of indus­try pro­fes­sion­als to guide cur­ricu­lum development
• Man­aged fes­ti­val screen­ers for the annu­al Sioux­land Inter­na­tion­al Film Festival

Classes taught:

• CIN 101: Intro­duc­tion to Filmmaking
• CIN 102: Intro­duc­tion to Screenwriting
• CIN 105: Film­mak­ing Tools and Software
• CIN 120–123: Indi­vid­ual Film Project I–IV
• CIN 140–143: Fea­ture Film I–IV
• CIN 151: Team Film I: Storytelling
• CIN 152: Team Film II: Documentaries
• DRA 112: Amer­i­can Film
• CIN 115: Glob­al Inde­pen­dent Film
• CIN 108–109: Film­mak­er Forum I & II
• CIN 200: Cinematography

Intern/​Final Cut Instruc­tor (Novem­ber 2009–January 2010)
Cineas­tas de Grana­da – Grana­da, Nicaragua

• Solicit­ed dona­tions of equip­ment and soft­ware to not-for-prof­it organization
• Con­duct­ed a series of free film pro­duc­tion and edit­ing work­shops for 15 low-income students

Selected Freelance Credits

• Direc­tor of Pho­tog­ra­phy: Preda­tors (dir. Mar­garet Sier) – Apple­ton, Wisconsin
• Set Pro­duc­tion Assis­tant: The Dead Files (The Dis­cov­ery Network/​Painless Pro­duc­tions) – Saint Cloud, Minnesota
• First Assis­tant Cam­era: Black Ros­es music video (Motion 22 Three Pro­duc­tions) – Mil­wau­kee, Wisconsin
• Key Rig­ging Grip: Chica­go Ideas Week inter­views (EVOKER) – Chica­go, Illinois
• Sound Recordist: Till Death Do Us Part (Motion 22 Three Pro­duc­tions) – Chica­go, Illinois
• First Assis­tant Cam­era: Lost Gurl fea­ture film (1113 Films) – Chica­go, Illinois
• Pro­duc­tion Coor­di­na­tor: Wells Blue Bun­ny (WIT Cor­po­rate Col­lege) – Sioux City, Iowa
• Direc­tor: Coun­try Mess music video (for Kelsey Klin­gen­smith) – Sioux City, Iowa
• First Assis­tant Direc­tor: The Jour­ney Back short film (West of Mid­night Films) – Boul­der, Colorado
• Cam­paign Video Pro­duc­er: State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive John Kefalas – Fort Collins, Colorado
• Video Producer/​Editor: Col­orado Coun­cil on Eco­nom­ic Edu­ca­tion – Den­ver, Colorado
• Direc­tor of Pho­tog­ra­phy: Deli­cious Pound Cake (Hence­forth Pro­duc­tions) – San­ta Fe, New Mexico
• First Assis­tant Cam­era: Last Breath fea­ture film (Inch By Inch Pro­duc­tions) – Min­neapo­lis, Minnesota

Exhibitions

• 2023: NMU Fac­ul­ty Bien­ni­al (Mar­quette, Michi­gan), Induced Demand, Jesse, Ghost to Ghost
• 2019: Moz­i­Mo­tion (Hil­ver­sum, Nether­lands), Ghost to Ghost
• 2019: Art Visu­als & Poet­ry Film Fes­ti­val (Vien­na, Aus­tria), Get­away
• 2019: UWM FVANG MFA Screen­ing (Mil­wau­kee, Wis­con­sin), Ghost to Ghost
• 2019: WIFI Film Fes­ti­val (Tope­ka, Kansas), Ghost to Ghost
• 2018: ZEBRA Poet­ry Film Fes­ti­val (Mün­ster, Ger­many), Get­away
• 2018: Kenil­worth Open Stu­dios (Mil­wau­kee, Wisconsin)
• 2013: Sioux­land Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val (Sioux City, Iowa), Write In 2012
• 2013: Sioux­land Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val (Sioux City, Iowa), Coun­try Mess
• 2010: Cheyenne Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val (Cheyenne, Wyoming), Dis­cour­ag­ing Words (spe­cial screening)
• 2008: Lyric Cin­e­ma Café (Fort Collins, Col­orado), 16 Heads and Count­ing (two-week the­atri­cal run of fea­ture film)
• 2008: Min­neapo­lis Film Race (Min­neapo­lis, Min­neso­ta), 11:32 PM – Best Actor – Run­ner-Up: Best Film
• 2007: Tri­Me­dia Film Fes­ti­val (Fort Collins, Col­orado), Don’s Impos­si­ble Adven­ture – Audi­ence Award: Best Stu­dent Film
• 2007: Mil­wau­kee Short Film Fes­ti­val (Mil­wau­kee, Wis­con­sin), A Note­wor­thy Occurrence

Films as director