I am a writer, designer, and award-winning filmmaker whose work bridges narrative storytelling and digital products and media. I received my MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University's Graduate Film Program and a BA with Honors from Occidental College. Early in my career, I served as an apprentice and assistant to Darren Aronofsky for over two years, working on both THE WRESTLER and BLACK SWAN. My own films as a writer and director have played at festivals throughout the United States, including the Tribeca Film Festival, where I screened my short film STORM UP THE SKY. My debut feature film, HEARTLOCK, was selected for IFP's Narrative Lab and was released theatrically and digitally in the US, UK, and China to critical acclaim from The Los Angeles Times, which called it "lean, stylish and confidently crafted." I am also developing a one-hour dramatic TV series called THE NATION with a pilot executive produced by Ramin Bahrani that was a finalist for the Sundance Episodic Labs and a selection for IFP's Project Forum.

Driven by a lifelong commitment to storytelling, I expanded into interactive technology as a natural extension of narrative craft. My background includes serving as a Conversation Designer for Replika, as well as a Creative Director and Conversational AI Content Design Lead at Automat AI (now Salesfloor), where I built brand experiences for global clients like L'Oréal, Gillette, and McDonald's. Most recently, as a Senior Content and AI Experience Designer at Intuit, I helped transition the company's conversational AI from scripted to generative, resulting in an annual user base growth from 1 million to 18 million. Alongside that, I co-built an AI model and LLM evaluation program from scratch that analyzed over one million conversations, yielding nearly $5 million in incremental revenue.

Today, I bring that dual expertise to bear on AI as an artistic medium. Operating in an independent role that is a combination of a multidisciplinary creative and R&D developer, I am developing original films that merge live-action production with AI research to pioneer proprietary workflows. These scalable systems promote free artistic expression in film, putting emerging technology in service of the creative process and the creators behind it.

Whether directing for the screen or designing digital experiences, I approach every project with a filmmaker's eye, a storyteller's instinct, and a core focus on human connection.