writer | director
Side-Careers
Camera Operator for SAF3, international TV series, shot in South Africa
Editor, Animator, Cinematographer for City Walk, LA emmy-nominated, national TV series
2nd in command at Capstone Film Lighting (gear rentals)
2nd unit director of photography for various infomercials (UK+USA)
Producer for Planet Rocke with Taylor Locke (featuring Mischa Barton, Kim Fowley, Ben Lee)
Intern at Light Iron, post production
Intern at RW Media, music video manager/agent
PA for National Geographic Television
Hollywood Bloodlines / Nepotism
Charles Frederick West, Head of Paramount Pictures Editing Dept. (Great-Great Uncle)
Stuart Asbjørnsen, Director of Photography, Baywatch, National Geographic (Dad)
Education
USC School of Cinematic Arts, M.F.A. Film and Television Production, 2012
Colorado College, B.A. Major in Asian Studies, Minor in Music, 2008
Selected Press
director of "Lana Del Ray"
lead editor+cinematographer+animator for City Walk Seasons 1+2
Random
Phi Beta Kappa
California Boys State
International Cinematographers Guild Scholarship Award
Interned for the LA Times in Beijing, China
Bowed Piano Ensemble member, performed at Jazz at the Lincoln Center, toured Germany
Directing
(download PDF of directing portfolio)
Directed music videos that premiered on broadcast TV on mtvU, NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, and online on Spin Magazine, Pitchfork, Noisey, XXl Magazine, Brainfeeder Records, Glamour Magazine UK, and Topshop
Directed web commercials Gelateria Uli and Urban Barrels for AT&T Real Stories
Short film Love Song, winner Best Student Film, 2013 Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival
Favorite Films
Code Unknown, michael haneke
Ten, abbas kiarostami
Nine Lives, rodrigo garcia
The Passion of Joan of Arc, carl th. dreyer
Holy Motors, leo carax
Funny Games, michael haneke
Starship Troopers, paul verhoeven
Fanny and Alexander, ingmar bergman
The Celebration, thomas vinterberg
Favorite Books
House of Leaves, mark z. danielewski
Blood Meridian, cormac mccarthy
No Country for Old Men, cormac mccarthy
The Forever War, joe haldeman
Last Exit to Brooklyn, hubert selby, jr.
The Book of the New Sun, gene wolfe
The Lord of the Rings, tolkien
Less than Zero/Imperial Bedrooms, bret easton ellis
Roadside Picnic, arkady and boris strugastky
The MaddAddam Trilogy, margaret atwood