Filmography
- Saving Face - 2012 – Director / Producer / Camera
- Documentary on acid attacks in Pakistan, the survivors’ fight for justice, and Pakistani surgeon helping them restore their lives.
- Academy Award Best Documentary Short
- HBO Broadcast 3/12
- Private Needham’s War – 2011 – Producer / Camera
- Broadcast documentary on Iraq war-veteran with PTSD accused of murdering his 19-year-old girlfriend.
- Broadcast on CBS “48 Hours” 11/11
- The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – 2009 – Director
- Documentary on former Washington governor Booth Gardner’s push for legal assisted suicide while fighting Parkinson’s Disease.
- Nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Short HBO broadcast 11/10
- Convention – 2009 – Cinematographer
- Shooter and field producer on AJ Schnack’s collaborative film on Democratic Convention nominating Barack Obama for president.
- Theatrical release, Sundance Channel broadcast 2010
- No Strings – 2009 – Director, Cinematographer
- Documentary short following the creators of the Muppets as they make children’s puppet shows in Afghanistan to teach landmine awareness.
- Denver Film Festival, Palm Springs Short Film Festival, United Nations Film Festival
- They Killed Sister Dorothy – 2008 – Director, Cinematographer
- Feature-length documentary (93min) on the murder of activist Catholic nun Sister Dorothy Stang in the Brazilian Amazon. Winner, Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award – SXSW
- HBO Broadcast March ’09, Nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Long-Form Investigative Journalism
- Come Back to Sudan – 2008 – Director, Cinematographer
- Documentary short (28min) on three Lost Boys of Sudan returning home for first time in two decades.
- Winner, Audience Award, Aspen Shortsfest 2008, Nominated for regional Emmy, selected by US State Dept to screen globally
- Iron Ladies of Liberia – 2007 – Director, Cinematographer
- Feature-length documentary (75min) on Africa’s first female president, Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Premiered 2007 Toronto Film Festival, Winner of 2 Banff TV Awards, Best Documentary AFI Dallas and numerous other awards.
- Aired on over 50 broadcasters worldwide, including PBS’s “Independent Lens”
- Big Blue Bear – 2005 – Director, CinematographerDocumentary short (25min) following the creation of a landmark public art work.
- Broadcast by Australian Broadcasting Company and regional PBS
- Winner, Regional Emmy, 2006
- Common Good – 2005 – Series Creative Director, Episode Director
- 6 x 30min series on social entrepreneurs.
- Broadcast regionally on Comcast Cable Winner, 4 Regional Emmys, 2005
- Reading Your Rights – 2004 – Director, Cinematographer
- Documentary short (27min) on 1st Amendment court battle.
- Screened nationally on PBS Nominated, Regional Emmy, 2004
- We Are PHAMALy – 2003 – Director, Cinematographer
- Documentary short (27min) about a physically handicapped musical theatre troupe.
- Educational distribution through Fanlight Video Screened at Tribeca, Hot Springs, and numerous festivals worldwide.
- Chiefs – 2002 – Director, Cinematographer
- Feature-length (87min) documentary on Wyoming Indian High School basketball team.
- Winner, Best Documentary – Tribeca Film Festival Broadcast on PBS’s “Independent Lens”
- Road Movie – 1992 – Writer, Director, Producer
- Narrative short (38min) – thesis film project.
- Screened handful of festivals, including Denver and New Orleans.