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About Me
A College Filmmaker Based in Detroit, MI

Hey, I'm a college filmmaker based in Detroit, MI and attending school at the University of Notre Dame. 

I am a physics and mathematics major, and my research has been in the fields of computational astrophysics and cosmology, more specifically in black holes and the early universe.

Filmmaking has been a passion of mine for several years now, and I aim to create films that explore memory, identity, and our place in the universe. This is attempted in my most recent short Acronymity, that will be in the festival circuit late 2025, early 2026.

I aspire to make the kind of deeply personal and ambitious work found in the films of Charlie Kaufman, Shane Carruth, and Richard Kelly.
I was awarded an opportunity to study physics abroad at the University of Oxford,  New College for the duration of the 2025-26 academic year.

Accolades

Acronymity (Short Film)

June 2025

Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor, Composer
In consideration at various festivals

 

The Last Vigil (Short Film)

April 2024

Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor
Official Selection, Flint Youth Film Festival 2025
Official Selection, Honor Film Festival 2025
Official Selection, Great Lakes Christian Film Festival 2024
       Nominated: Best Student Film, Best Student Writer
       Awarded:    3rd Place Best Student Sound Design

Official Selection, Art is Alive Film Festival 2024
       Nominated: Best Student Film  
Official Selection, Aldridge UTC Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Mometu College Film Festival 2024

 

Dinner Time (Screenplay)

June 2023
Best Short Screenplay Penned in Blood Screenwriting Competition Spring 2023
Best Short Screenplay Award Winner 13 Horror Screenwriting Competition 2023
Official Selection Urbanite Arts & Film Festival 2024

 

Deadwood (Short Film)

January 2023

Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor
Official Selection ACPL Teen Film Festival 2023
Michigan Student Film Festival Excellence Award 2023
Honorable Mention Urbanite Arts & Film Festival 2024

 

Asthma Attack (Screenplay)

January 2022
Silver Key Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2022

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