Documentary Shorts
Role
Editor
Breakdown
I help create short, intimate profiles of strikingly interesting people.
In my short doc editing work, it's my job to find the person in the moments, the quirks, the details, to give hints to a lifetime in a few brief minutes.
Director Matt Ornstein brought me two fascinating projects, one of then-congressional candidate John Ossoff and his mentor, John Lewis campaigning in Georgia's sixth district. The other was a of former Ku-Klux-Klansman (and figure in Ornstein's feature Accidental Courtesy) Scott Shepherd sitting down with Rebecca Hawkins, the black woman that raised him.
When director Georg Kallert became fascinated with prolific illustrator Mike Bennett, he enlisted me to weave a warm and idiosyncratic profile of the man in his natural environments (a remote cabin and the bustling vastness of a comic book convention).
The Down Payment
Director: Matt Ornstein, Sound & Vision
Residents of Georgia's sixth district district converge around a special election early on in Trump's presidency. The late Congressman John Lewis leads the charge to "Flip The Sixth"
Mike Bennett's Fifth Realm
Director: Georg Kallert, Lodger Films
Michael Bennett is a prolific illustrator and world creator. Dive into the creative mind and process of an artist who draws three to four genre inspired panels daily, bringing to life his very own cinematic universe - The 5th Realm.
What Does A Reformed Racist Look Like?
Director: Matt Ornstein, Sound & Vision, The Atlantic
A former KKK leader reconnects with the African American woman who helped raise him.