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NARRATIVE ​SHORT FILM

Seeking June (2025)

Production Assistant

So Far and From Now On (2025)

Set Dresser

The Wayward (2025)

A young woman recently released from prison embarks on an emotional revenge tour against the close family and friends who put her there. However, confrontation turns into realization that life doesn't always stop when you're gone.
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Art Director

1780 (2025)

Period piece war film featuring Kevin Spacey, DJ Qualls, and more. Directed by Dustin Fairbanks.  

​Production Assistant

Frail Grounds (2024)

Directing a team of about 30 students while creating a 30 minute short film following the journey of main character, Margot, waking up in a world unfamiliar to her. Reuniting with her quick-witted brother, Tyler, she begins to question where she is, and where to go.

Director, Co-Creator, Production Designer, Assistant Producer, Assistant Editor, Marketing Supervisor, Festival Distributor

Playing God (2023)

Directing Jodi Norton's senior Schreyer's Honors College Thesis: this short is an approximately thirty-minute narrative about a girl who tries to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and becomes so obsessed with seeing this through that she ruins the friendships around her. It is meant to illustrate the questions of who are women outside the men in their lives, and examines the social dynamics created by obsession.

Picture

The Midnight Scream (2022)

A 10 minute short film following an enraged librarian's vengeful spite for an overly studious freshman the weekend before finals. This project was created amongst a randomly selected group of 5 individual student filmmakers, ranging in experience and goals, created for an intermediate filmmaking course.  

Director and Assistant Director of Photography
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Game Night (2021): ​
A narrative, horror comedy short film about a friend group's experience with the Ouija Board having gone horribly wrong.
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​Director
Table for Two (2022):
A narrative short film created for the Student Film Organization's forty-eight hour film festival, Penn State 48. 

​Director

814

Unit Production Manager; BTS Photographer

Stars and Bars

Preproduction Researcher, BTS Photographer

Castles in the Sky

Post Production Assistant Producer

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  • ABOUT
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    • VIDEO
  • PHOTO
    • STUDIO
    • BTS
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  • COLLEGE
  • CONTACT