EXPERIENCE

Graduate Continuing Fellow — University of Texas at Austin. Spring 2021 - May 2024 | Austin, TX 

• 12 month fully funded fellowship to expand my short thesis documentary about an 82 year old mountain doctor in the Republic of Georgia into a full length feature film. 

Marketing Videography and Editing Intern — Mountainfilm Festival. January 2023 - Current | Telluride, Colorado

• Editing short promotional videos for social and the web throughout the spring of 2023 in the lead up to the most prestigious outdoor themed festival in the U.S. 

• Collaborating with the marketing manager on the branding strategy leading up to the festival. 

• Shooting video for the duration of the festival in May 2023 and editing the footage into trailers for the next year’s festival. 

Film Production Teaching Assistant —University of Texas at Austin. Spring 2021 - Current | Austin, TX

• Courses taught:  Graduate Documentary Production, Advanced Documentary Production, Graduate Production Sound, Narrative Production, Child Psychology, Narrative Production, Intro to Image and Sound

Professional Content Creator — TikTok & 5ive Talent. March 2019 - March 2019 | Los Angeles, CA

• Conceived and built a TikTok account that amassed over 200K followers with viral content ranging between 100k - 12 million views per video. Represented by 5ive Talent. 

• Shot and edited professional videos paid for by TikTok.

Film Producer — Free Machine. May 2017 - November 2019 | Los Angeles, California 

• Lead producer on a queer fiction film about virtual reality, shot in over 6 locations throughout California. Distributed on the YouTube channel Dust (441k views).

Production Assistant — F32 productions. June 2016 - August 2016 | Los Angeles, CA

• Provided assistance to the lead producers on multiple fashion photography and video shoots across Malibu for the client David’s Bridal’s Spring Season Release

Videographer & Editor — The Wesley School. July 2017 - March 2020 | Los Angeles, CA

• Directed, shot, and edited promotional and fundraising videos for a K-8 private school, raising around $400,000 annually.

Teaching Assistant —School of the Creative & Performing Arts. June 2017 - August 2019 | Los Angeles. California 

• Assisted professors in film production classes in a pre-college Summer program and advised high school students from all over the world.

• Supervised and helped students during their film shoots across Los Angeles and ensured safe on-set practices.

Classical Theater Actor — Chicago Shakespeare & The Goodman. May 2011 - July 2014 | Chicago, New York

• Acted in professional theater productions, performing alongside actors such as Ian Mcdairmond (Star Wars) for audiences of 800 - 1,000 people per night, 8 shows per week, for major regional theaters.

SKILLS

Software— Premiere Pro | Audition | Lightroom | Avid | Canva | Google Suite | Excel | Acrobat 

Production— Sony | Canon | Panasonic | Blackmagic Design | Zoom | Sound Devices 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

UT Austin Graduate School Continuing Fellowship. 2023-2024 | Award: $53,000

Global Health Storytelling Fellowship. 2023 | Award: $5,000

Austin Film Society Short Film Grant. 2023 | Award: $1,500

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies Professional Development Fellowship. 2023 | Award: $1,500

McWilliams Scholarship. 2023 | Award: $1,500

Nick Cominos Award for Documentary Filmmaking. 2023 | Award: $1,500

Warren Skaaren Endowed Presidential Scholarship. 2023 | Award: $3,000 

Moody Travel Fellowship. 2023 | Award: $3,000

Moody Innovation Grant. 2022 and 2023 | Awards: $10,000 (2023). $1,000 (2022)

Health Communication Scholars Program Grant. 2021 | Award: $2,500

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Austin — Master of Fine Arts in Film Production Candidate 

Concentration: Documentary Filmmaking

University of Minnesota — Bachelor of Fine Arts. 2011 

Concentration: Theater

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre — Professional Shakespeare Actor Training Program. 2009

REFERENCES

PJ Raval — Assistant Professor | Director | Cinematographer

Relationship: Mentor

512-507-8158 | pjraval@utexas.edu

Iliana Sosa — Associate Professor | Director 

Relationship: Mentor

915-274-7059 | iliana.sosa@austin.utexas.edu

Derek Knowles — Documentary Cinematographer | Director 

Relationship: Collaborator 

310-279-7507 | dereklindenknowles@gmail.com