Born in Wilkes County North Carolina, USA
Currently lives in Concord NC
EDUCATION
2009 Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies, UNC Charlotte
2004 Bachelors of Photography / Film Studies Minor
SELECT EXHIBITS / FESTIVALS / PERFORMANCES
2024
Midnight Home Movies 3 (Charlotte NC)
Doomsday and Night IV (Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC)
2023
Doomsday and Night III (Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC)
FOOTHILLS, BOOM Fringe Performance (Charlotte NC)
Terry Riley “In C” (Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC)
Basement (Sidewalk, Music Video Asheville, Rome Music Video,
…Tatras Int’l, Golden Short, Luleå Int’l, Stockholm City, Cooper
…Awards, Stranger Days, Beaufort, Down East Flick Fest, Madrid
…Indie, Paradise, Bare Bones Int’l Film Festivals)
Tiny Dances: ROOTED (w/ Baran Dance, Petra’s, Charlotte NC)
2022
HUNT {micro•cosmic•portals} (Gallery C3, Charlotte NC)
Doomsday and Night II (Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC)
2021
Doomsday and Night I (Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC)
2020
Terrestria (Artfields, Lake City SC)
2019
The American, An Unclear View (Indie Grits Labs, Columbia SC)
2018
The Sleeping 8 (Indie Grits, Push Film Festivals)
2017
Blood Letting, 16mm film (HollyShorts, NewFilmmakers NY, RAW
…Film Festival, Bare Bones Int’l, Lisbon Int’l, Hong Kong
…Arthouse, Bucharest Shortcut, Defy, Cardiff Mini Film Festival)
Longshoreman, Animation (Indie Grits, MidWest WeirdFest,
…South London Shorts, Martinique, Defy, Hell’s Half Mile Film
…Festivals)
The American (VHS Mixtape)
2016
DaDa Soiree (Gallery C3, Charlotte NC)
Blood Letting (Indie Grits, Columbia SC)
Blue Ridge Overview (Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro NC)
2015
KILL•TIME•NOW (Charlotte Film Festival, 100 Words Film
…Festival, Charlotte NC)
2014
Juice (Films on Tap, Charlotte NC)
2013
Back Home (Loft Film Festival, Tucson AZ)
2010
Demolition Milk II (KIT Museum, Düsseldorf DE)
2009
Doctor! (Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven CT)
2008
Time-Garden (Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven CT)
Demolition Milk I (TS1 Gallery, Beijing CN)
COMMUNITY WORK
2023
Arts + Zine Making Workshop (Eastway Recreational Center,
…Charlotte NC)
2016-2019
Director – Film/Photo Camps, Mural (North Wilkesboro NC)
2013-2017
Festival Director, Joedance Film Festival (Charlotte NC)
2015
Juror, Push Film Festival (Bristol TN/VA)
Juror, Charlotte Film Festival (Charlotte NC)
2010-2014
Board Member/Charlotte Film Lab Director, Charlotte Film
…Society (Charlotte NC)
2010
Festival Director (The Waiting List, Charlotte NC)
2009-2014
Festival Director (UNC Charlotte Short Film Festival, UNC
…Charlotte, Charlotte NC)
2009-2013
Festival Director (Manifesto Film Festival, Charlotte NC)
CONFERENCES + PRESENTATIONS
2023
Deconstructed Worlds, Multimedia Processing (Winthrop
… University, Rock Hill SC)
2021
Singer/Songwriter Showcase (Dear Soul Music Co., ASC Culture
…Blocks, Charlotte NC)
2019
Sediment, Grits-in-Progress (Indie Grits Labs, Columbia SC)
Sediment, Peer Pitch South (Docs in Progress/RiverRun Int’l Film
…Festival, Winston-Salem NC)
2015
Technological Ripple Effects in Art & Media (Geek Fest, CPCC,
…Charlotte NC)
2014
Invisible Worlds, Constructed Realities (Sensoria Arts, CPCC,
…Charlotte NC)
2008
Subtitling and Dubbing as an Adaptation of Film (Glamorgan
…University, Wales GB-WLS)
PUBLICATIONS
2017
Dont’cha Wanna Don’t Worry (Memoir Mixtapes)
2016
A 5-Step Guide to Patrolling the Screenwriting Underworlds (Sundance.org)
2010
A History of NASCAR (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.)
2004-2006
Film Reviews + Political Cartoons (The Record of Wilkes)
WORKSHOPS + CLASSES
2020
Hybridized Film Practices (ETSU, Johnson City TN)
Independent Film Production Practices (Queens University,
…Charlotte NC)
Peer Pitch South (Docs in Progress/RiverRun Int’l Film Festival,
…Winston-Salem NC)
2018
Music Video & Found Footage Practices (University of South
Carolina, Columbia SC)
2015-2016
Film Making (10 Mecklenburg County Libraries, NC)
2015-2016
Scriptwriting (12 Mecklenburg County Libraries, NC)
2014-2016
Frame by Frame: A History of Film (12 Mecklenburg County Libraries, NC)
COMMUNITY + VOLUNTEER WORK
2020
SCOPE Artist Grant (Creative Director + Funder)
2016-2019
Wilkes County Historical Mural (Muralist)
2013-2017
Joedance Film Festival (Festival Director)
2014-2016
Wilkes County Film/Photography Camp (Creator + Director)
2013-2015
Watt.age (Founding Partner + CEO)
2013-2014
Charlotte Film Lab (Program Founder + Director)
2010-2014
Charlotte Film Society (Board Member)
2010
The Waiting List Film Festival (Festival Director)
2009-2014
UNC Charlotte Short Film Festival (Co-Creator + Festival Director)
2009-2013
Manifesto Film Festival (Festival Director)
2007-2012
Yellow Arrow Film (Co-Founder + President)
2002-2018
Wilkes County Schools (K12 Presenter)
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
2024
Artist Support Grant (ASC, Charlotte NC)
Best Music Video, Basement (Longleaf Film Festival, Raleigh NC)
Best Editing, Basement (Prague Int’l Music Video Awards,
…Prague CZ)
Best Music Video, Basement (Brussels Capital Film Festival,
…Brussels BE)
Best Documentary Music Video, Basement (Int’l Music Video
…Awards, Budapest HU, Munich Music Video Awards, Munich
…DE)
2023
Best Experimental Musician (QC Nerve Critics’ Pick, Charlotte NC)
Emerging Creators Fellowship Semi-Finalist (ASC, Charlotte NC)
2021
Best New Band/Potential Breakout Artist/Singer-Songwriter …Nominee (QC Nerve, Charlotte NC)
D+Arts Grant (CoA+A, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte NC)
2019
Celebrate Charlotte Arts Grant (Knight Foundation)
Regional Artist Project Grant (ASC, Charlotte. NC)
2017
Baptism, Futurism (Gallery C3, Charlotte NC)
2016
Sundance Screenwriting Fellowship (Sundance Institute)
2015-2019
Travel + Research Grants (American Studies, UNC Charlotte)
2014-2023
Chancellor’s Award (UNC …Charlotte, Charlotte NC)
2014
Mark of Excellence (Society of Professional Journalists SPJ
…Region 2)
Best Music Video, Marlena (Manifesto XII, Charlotte NC)
2013
Charlotte Film Lab Grant (Knight Foundation)