FILM + PRODUCTION
In Foreign, short film, 2024 / Writer + Director
Demonseed, short film (AFI Conservatory), 2023 / Director / pw: Cycle_2023
Smiley Faces, short film (AFI Conservatory), 2023 / Director / pw: Cycle_2023
Hot Girl Hotline, short film (AFI Conservatory), 2022 / Director / pw: Cycle_2023
White Rum for the Widow, short film, 2021 / Writer + Director
High Strangeness, short film, 2021 / Writer + Director
Valley Latini, “Blonde” music video, 2021 / Editor
Truvi, “Talk To Me Nice” music video (unreleased), 2020 / Director + Camera
Virgin Holidays “Chief Caribbean Officer” feat. Shaggy, Dir. Adam Morley, 2019 / Line Producer + Producer on the ground (Antigua)
HIGH STRANGENESS web series, 2019 / Creator, Producer, Host
Chronixx, “Dela Move” music video, Dir. Nabil, 2019 / Production Coordinator
Virgin Holidays “Bartender in Paradise” feat. Jodie Kidd, Dir. Adam Morley, 2019 / Line Producer + Producer (Jamaican)
Maddie Ross, “Loners” lyric video, 2018 / Artist, Producer
The Art of Light short documentary feat. Heather Levine, 2017 / Director, Camera, Producer
BROADCAST
BBC Reel, “The paradise island with a lesson about pride,” 2021 / Co-director, Video Editor, Journalist
BBC Reel, “Behind the myth of a breast-baring pirate,” 2019 / Journalist
JOURNALISM
The Carvery, 2020 / Photographer
Al Jazeera, 2019 / Photographer
The Face, 2019 / Photographer
The FADER, 2019 / Photographer
The Jamaica Observer, 2019 / Culture feature columnist
USC Impact, The Art of Light, 2017 / Documentarian
Ampersand LA – “Haunted LACMA” • “Michael Deas has seen a ghost,” • “Alexandra Grant wants to live like a ghost,” • “Good morning, kids,” 2016 - 2017 / Creative Director + Journalist
ART
Austin Antoine “Bad Habits” music video, 2019 / created the “BAD HABITS” title card typeface
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 2016 - 2018 / Social Media Creative Content Fellow, @lacma / created original artworks for the museum’s social platforms, including the viral campaign for LACMA x Overheard LA (@overheardLA) social collaboration in 2018
Los Angeles Times, “Urban Light: Everything you didn’t know about L.A.'s beloved landmark,” February 14, 2018 / illustrations featured as an excerpt from Urban Light: A Field Guide by India Mandelkern.
Urban Light: A Field Guide, by India Mandelkern, 2018 / Illustrator
Maddie Ross “Loners” lyric video, 2018 / Artist + Producer / created the video using original artwork, typeface + videos combined with Ross’ personal video archive
Victoria Morris Pottery, 2014 - 2018 / Studio Assistant
Heather Levine Ceramics, 2015 - 2017 / Studio Assistant
Billboard, 2017 / created the artwork for Maddie Ross’ single “You’re Still My Sugar”
Wolfy Sucks theme video, 2017 / Artist + Producer / created the video combining original artwork + typeface with Wolfy’s personal family photographs
The Yard, 2014 / Co-creator, children’s nest (as seen in Sunset magazine)
EDUCATION
American Film Institute Conservatory
M.F.A. Directing / Class of 2024
University of Southern California
M.A. Specialized Journalism (the Arts) / Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism / 2017 / read graduate thesis: “Beyond the Veil: Conversations with Artists Michael Deas and Alexandra Grant About Ghosts"
B.A. Fine Art, cum laude / Roski School of Fine Art / 2014
AWARDS
James Bridges Scholarship for Excellence in Directing, 2022 - 2024 / American Film Institute Conservatory
Jack Larson Grant for Film Production, In Foreign, 2024 / American Film Institute Conservatory
JAFTA Propella, 2020 / Winner – “High Strangeness”
Los Angeles Press Club, 2017 / National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award, “Best Profile” (K2B) – “Alexandra Grant wants to live like a ghost”
PRESS
Shoutout LA / July 2024
Caribbean Millennials podcast / October 2021
Already Friends podcast / June 2021
Pray For Us podcast / May 2021
When Saturn Returns podcast / January 2021
The Carvery / 2021