ABOUT // I am writer and director deeply inspired by my multicultural heritage (Greece, Lebanon, Australia) and upbringing (Thailand, Hong Kong, United States). Before crafting independent films, I worked as a writer and story producer for National Geographic, the Charlie Rose Show and as the co-founder of Rethink Refugees for the Clinton Global Initiative. I received a BA in International Relations from Tufts University and an MFA in Documentary Film from Stanford University, receiving the Flaherty Film Seminar Fellowship and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite Fellowship. I spent five years studying and performing with John Gould Rubin’s Private Theater, Scott Friedman at Stella Adler’s Studio and with Maggie Flanigan. Most recently, I co-directed a film on lifestyle medicine with Academy Award winning director Louis Psihoyos.
INDEPENDENT FILMS // These films have screened in over 150 US cities and around the world at premiere festivals and film retrospectives. Eyes of Exodus won the Jury award at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, the Audience award at Aspen ShortsFilm Festival and the Vimeo Staff Pick “Best of the Month.” The documentary is optioned for a feature adaptation by Faliro House (The Lobster, Before Midnight). Nocturnity premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, covered by Indiewire, Complex Magazine and Deadline Hollywood.
COLLABORATIONS // Santiago Calatrava follows the acclaimed architect as he designs New York City’s Oculus building at Ground Zero. The film premiered at DocNYC, Nowness and the Prague City Gallery. I filmed a series of shorts in Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia for Google Creative Labs about women business founders, which received 18 millions views in its first week online. I have worked with Xander Ferreira from Gazelle, The Brother Moves On, BCUC, Thomass Jackson and Findlay Brown on music videos in South Africa, Mexico and Australia. Parallel Kingdom is an experimental film made in the desert of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the artist Abdullah Al Othman.