Producer, Director, Editor, and Development Expert
TV and Documentary Film
UNIQUE VALUE I DELIVER
Experienced in all aspects of production and post-production, including lighting, sound recording, camera, overseeing crew.
Accomplished editor (Premiere, Avid).
Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Collaboration Software.
Advanced Spanish. Extensive experience producing Spanish-language programming.
Extensive background in investigative, true crime, and legal research and programming.
Superb research, writing, and communication skills.
Skilled at sourcing and clearing archives.
Deadline-focused team-player, self-directed, and tech-savvy project manager.
Excellent interpersonal skills and adept at managing relationships with sensitive individuals and institutions.
Experience producing in prisons, mental hospitals, with law enforcement, military, hate groups, non-US locations such as Morocco, Mexico, Cuba.
Accomplished Impact Producer.
Experienced educator: Developed curriculum and taught graduate students of journalism.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Successfully produced 14 / co-directed 2 feature documentaries for major distributors, including Paramount+, Discovery+, BBC, and A&E.
Nine-time NY Emmy Award winner.
BAFTA nominated.
Directed award-winning impact campaign for Oscar short-listed feature documentary BULLY - PUMA Impact Award Finalist. Reached close to 5-million students and educators, and with a Facebook community of more than 1 million.
Co-Creator of Nueva York, a long-running Spanish language TV series exploring the rich textures of Latino culture in the city.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Moxie Pictures - Producer (June 2022 – current)
Co-Producer for Moxie Pictures feature documentary “The First Class”. Overseeing final production, edit, archival research and clearance, final delivery.
Top Hat Productions Producer / Director / Development Executive (Oct. 2017 – June 2022)
Worked with UK-based Top Hat Productions (www.tophat.tv) to develop and produce documentary films and series for SVODs / broadcasters such as Netflix, Paramount+, Discovery+, BBC. Responsibilities included all aspects of hands-on-producing and field directing as well as research, story development, securing access, deck writing & development, production, directing.
BBC - Producer / Field Director - BAFTA Nominated (July 2015 - June 2018)
Produced multiple feature documentary films for the BBC as an independent contractor. Responsibilities included story research and development, securing access, producing in hostile environments, field directing, producing, self-shooting, sound recording.
City University Television, New York - Producer / Director / Editor – 9-time NY Emmy Award Winner (May 2004 – June 2018)
9-time NY Emmy Award Winner. Produced, directed, and edited programming for City University Television (CUNY TV). Co-Created Nueva York, a long-running series exploring the rich textures of Latino culture. Produced in Spanish with English subtitles, worked with small team to develop series from ground-up, and to field produce and edited episodes, including lighting, sound, and camera.
The Bully Project - Campaign Director - 2013 PUMA Impact Award Finalist (June 2013 – Aug 2015)
Directed acclaimed outreach campaign for BULLY, feature documentary distributed theatrically by Weinstein Company, and shortlisted for an Academy Award. Reached close to 5-million students and educators and built a Facebook community of more than 1 million. Led team of 5 staff, and managed 700K annual budget, coordinated major screening events nationally.
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, New York - Adjunct Professor (Sept. 2010 - June 2012)
Developed curriculum and taught documentary field production, editing, and non-fiction storytelling to graduate students of journalism.
EDUCATION
MFA, City University of New York, Media & Communication Arts / Film Production
BA with Honors, University of Massachusetts - Social Thought & Political Economy / Comparative Literature
FILMOGRAPHY
The First Class - Co-Producer -Moxie Pictures, 2023
An intimate verité film that follows students and educators at a groundbreaking new high school in Memphis. Their inspiring journey shows what learning can look like—and accomplish—when a city comes together to rethink what high school can be. (feature)
The Box - Series Producer - Top Hat Productions for Discovery+, 2022
Documentary series follows one detective’s quest to solve a cold case which leads to the discovery of a serial killer who terrorized Illinois in the 70s. (3-part series)
The Chameleon Killer - Co-Director / Series Producer - Top Hat Productions for Discovery+, 2021
Documentary film series about the Bear Brook Murders and a son's journey to understand crimes committed by his serial killer father. (4-part series)
In Memoriam - Co-Director / Producer - Top Hat Productions for Discovery+, 2020
This feature documentary looks at the reality of mass shootings from a new perspective as wounded survivors, grieving relatives, and first responders from three recent massacres open up about how their lives have been changed forever. (feature)
Love and Hate Crime - Producer - Top Hat Productions for BBC / Discovery+, 2019
Documentary film series - Each film revolves around an extraordinary crime story that takes the viewer on a journey deep into the psychology of love, passion, hate and prejudice. (3-part series)
I Shot My Parents - Producer - BBC, 2017
In America, five parents every week are killed by their children. Fourteen-year-old Nathon Brooks shot his parents, they survived, and this film follows the incredible journey of the Brooks family as they come to terms with his crime. (feature)
Unarmed Black Male - Producer / Field Director / Additional Camera - BBC, 2017
Film follows the murder trial of a white police officer in Portsmouth, Virginia, accused of shooting an unarmed black teenager. With extraordinary access to the victim’s family as well as to the accused, this film explores the reaction of a community divided, during a summer of increasing tension across America. (feature)
Getting High for God: Trip to the Mountains - Producer - BBC, 2016
Produced one episode in Getting High for God series: Mawaan Rizwan travels to Utah to spend time with the Oklevueha Native American Church and decide if the peyote journeys they lead people on are just an excuse to get high or whether it can help him unlock a link to the spiritual world. (2-part series)
Trump’s Unlikely Superfans - Producer - BBC, 2016
In the lead up to Trump’s victory, journey around the US speaking to young Americans you would never expect to find at a Trump rally, exploring what motivates them to support Trump. (feature)
Frat Boys: Inside America’s Fraternities - Producer - BBC, 2016
A look inside America’s often notorious fraternities. During one semester at Florida University, BBC films the life of a group of young men as they embark on the process of “pledging,” proving themselves to become fraternity brothers. (feature)
Black Power: America’s Armed Resistance - Producer - BBC, 2016
With rare access to members of the Black Liberation Movement, this documentary explores what Black Power means to them. Follow an armed Black militia, outraged at the treatment of Black people at the hands of police, patrolling the streets of their communities and calling for change. (feature)
KKK - The Fight for White Supremacy - Producer / Additional Camera - BBC, 2016
Film follows members of America's most infamous white supremacist group - the Ku Klux Klan - as they prepare for what they say will be a race war. (feature)
Surviving Sandy Hook - Producer / Field Director / Additional Camera - BBC, 2015
A film about grief, hope, love, and guns. Follows the people of Newtown as they rebuild their lives after the horrific school shooting. (feature)
Bullying Prevention Advertisement | Ad Council - Producer - US broadcast & cable television, 2015
Produced PSA for Ad Council for their national anti-bullying campaign. (commercial)
Nueva York - Director / Series Producer / Editor - City University Television, Series, 2004-2018
Co-creator of Nueva York, a documentary series celebrating Spanish-speaking culture in the city, focusing on politics, art, and culture. Won nine NY Emmy Awards for my creative work on this series. Show produced in Spanish with English subtitles. (TV series, CUNY TV)
Act of Honor - Producer - A&E Television Network, 2007
Documentary feature about a Mexican American family dealing with the tragic death of their son who served in Iraq. (feature)