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An underdog fencer from Brooklyn overcomes a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.

Documentary

18:45

Roles: Co-Director / Co-Writer / Co-Cinematographer / Editor

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Premiere at 2019 Sundance Film Festival

2020 Academy Award Shortlist for Best Documentary Short Subject

2020 Cinema Eye Honors Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Short Nonfiction

2019 DOC NYC - Shorts List Jury Award for Directing

Funded by 2016 Tribeca Film Institute ESPN Short Documentary Program

 

Totenköpfchen by Inge and the TritoneKings

Inge Ginsberg survived the Holocaust and became a spy for the Americans during WWII, smuggling arms to fight the Nazis. She married a composer and they wrote songs together in the 40's and 50's that were sung by Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Doris Day, and Rosemary Clooney, among others. 60 years later, she got back into music and fell in love with Heavy Metal, which she now performs with world-renowned Classical musicians Lucia Caruso and Pedro da Silva – a.k.a. the TritoneKings.

Music Video

Role: Director

 
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Nannan Koze A (trans. Warm Noise Around Me)

A young computer programmer tumbles through a surreal collage of sounds and images from his precarious childhood in Haiti and America.

Documentary

11:16

Roles: Director / Cinematographer / Editor

 
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Showman

In the midst of the 2016 US presidential election, a group of men share intimate moments backstage while preparing to entertain the hardscrabble town of Joliet, Illinois as part of their semi-professional wrestling show.

Documentary

7:56

Roles: Director / Editor