Bio
Credits
Honey & Milk, Short Film — Director (2022)
Gracefully Grayson, Feature Film — Screenwriter (2021-2022)
Gossamer Folds, Feature Film -- Director (2020)
Behind The Drag, Docu-Series -- Director (2019)
The Great Now What, Feature Film -- Director, Co-Producer (ongoing)
Zero One, Short Film -- Executive Producer (2018)
There You Are, Short Film -- Director, Producer (2018)
Foxy Trot, Short Film -- Director, Writer, Producer (2018)
Signature Move, Feature Film -- Co-Writer (2017)
The News Today -- Director, Co-Writer, Producer (2017)
Spunkle, Short Film -- Director, Co-Writer, Co-Producer (2016)
Reclaiming Pakistan, Short Film -- Director, Co-Producer (2015)
Sugarhiccup, Short Film -- Director, Writer, Producer (2015)
Awards
Gossamer folds
Oustanding Picture (Limited Release): GLAAD Media Awards Nomination
Best New Director: Brooklyn Film Festival
Grand Jury Best Feature Film: Big Fork Film Festival, MT
Grand Jury Best Feature Film: Q Fest: Long Beach, CA
Grand Jury Best Director: Q Fest: Long Beach, CA
Grand Jury Best Picture: Out South Film Festival, Durham, NC
Director’s Choice Award: Cinema Diverse, Palm Springs, CA
Audience Award Best Feature Film: St. Louis International Film Festival
Audience Award Best Feature Film: OutShine Film Festival, FL
Audience Award Best Feature Film: Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto
Audience Award Best Feature Film: Twin Cities Film Festival
Audience Award Best Feature Film: Image Out, Rochester, NY
Audience Award Best Feature Film: Q Fest: Long Beach, CA
Audience Award Best Feature Film: Queer Screen: Sydney, Australia
Festival Favorite: Cinema Diverse, Palm Springs, CA
Iris Prize Selection, Cardiff, Wales
***Breakthrough Artist Award, presented by aGLIFF @ SXSW, 2019
There You Are
LunaFest Official Selection, one of nine films chosen to travel around the country for one year for 300+ special screenings.
Audience Award Best Short: SpringOut! Middle Tennessee
Godard Award, Best Social Commentary: Austin Arthouse Film Fest
Iris Prize Official Selection, Cardiff, Wales
Best of Fest Encore Screening: Outfest, Los Angeles, CA
Best Short Film: Trans Stellar Fest, Detroit, MI
Foxy Trot
Best LGBTQ Short Film: Austin Revolution Film Festival
Best Romantic Comedy: Austin Comedy Fest
Best Cinematography: Female Eye Film Fest, Toronto
Best Women's Short Film: Out South Film Festival, Durham, NC
Best Comedy Short: Fargo-Moorhead Film Festival, MN
Signature Move
Audience Award Best Feature: Houston Asian Am. Pacific Islander
Audience Award Best Feature: Image + Nation, Montreal
Best Comedy: Q Cinema, Quezon City, Philippines
Best Screenplay: OUT On Film, Atlanta, GA
Best Female Performance: Iris Prize, Cardiff, Wales
Jury Prize Acting, Writing, Producing: Mosaic Int’l Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize Best US Narrative Feature: Outfest 2017
Audience Award Best Feature: Out South Film Festival, Durham, NC
Jury Award Best Feature: Out South Film Festival, Durham, NC
Best American Spectrum Film: Indianapolis International Film Festival
Hoosier Lens: Indianapolis International Film Festival
Best Feature Film: Columbus International Film + Video Festival
Audience Award Best Feature: Connecticut LGBT Film Festival
Best Direction: Film Out San Diego, CA
Audience Award Best Actress: Film Out San Diego, CA
Finishing Fund Recipient: Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Tribeca Film Institute/Los Cabos Intl FF/LaboDigtal $52,000 Grant
Spunkle
Emerging LGBTQ+ Filmmaker Award: Cannes (American Showcase)
Audience Award Best Short: Pride Film Fest
Seed & Spark Award Best Short: Flyway Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN
Best Short Film: Santa Fe International Film Festival
Best Short Film: Flicks by Chicks, Dallas, TX
The News Today
Iris Prize Official Selection, Cardiff, Wales
Reclaiming Pakistan
Ron Kovic Peace Prize: My Hero Film Festival, Santa Monica, CA
Dan Eldon Activist Award: My Hero Film Festival, Santa Monica, CA
Grand Jury Prize, Social Impact Media Award: SIMA Global Awards