Emma Penaz Eisner
Filmmaker
Emma Penaz Eisner
Filmmaker
American filmmaker based in Los Angeles.
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Emma Penaz Eisner is an independent filmmaker and visual artist. She engages with enduring mythical, existential, and psychological themes, often using dream logic in her visual storytelling. Her innovative short films, photographs, and moving image art have shown worldwide in art gallery exhibitions and extensively as official selections in international film festivals, including Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival (USA), Revelation Perth International Film Festival (Australia), Sidewalk Film Festival (USA), and Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (UK). Earning recognition with over 20 juried awards, her work spans experimental filmmaking, live action combined with animation, digital and analogue photography, and stop motion animation. Originally from San Francisco, she now lives in Los Angeles, where she founded and runs Eyes//Pen Workshop, an independent multi-media production studio.
Filmography
  • Director (13 Credits)
    In the Heavenly Cutting Room2025
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Lairs2020
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow2018
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man2017
    Experimental, Short
    Wait Wait Wait2017
    Experimental, Short
    the last dream of sinister and dexter2016
    Experimental, Short
    Cold War Christmas2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Let's Catch a Movie2015
    Animation, Short
    Will I Scatter Away?2015
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    The Long Night2014
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Chee-Wi Learns to Growl2013
    Animation, Short
  • Producer (12 Credits)
    In the Heavenly Cutting Room2025
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Lairs2020
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow2018
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man2017
    Experimental, Short
    Wait Wait Wait2017
    Experimental, Short
    the last dream of sinister and dexter2016
    Experimental, Short
    Cold War Christmas2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Let's Catch a Movie2015
    Animation, Short
    Will I Scatter Away?2015
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    The Long Night2014
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Writer (11 Credits)
    In the Heavenly Cutting Room2025
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow2018
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man2017
    Experimental, Short
    Wait Wait Wait2017
    Experimental, Short
    the last dream of sinister and dexter2016
    Experimental, Short
    Cold War Christmas2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Let's Catch a Movie2015
    Animation, Short
    Will I Scatter Away?2015
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Chee-Wi Learns to Growl2013
    Animation, Short
  • Photographer (9 Credits)
    Gardena 1 (NYNG submission)
    Gardena 2 (NYNG submission)
    LA Underground 1 (NYNG Submission)
    LA Underground 2 (NYNG Submission)
    Gardena 12024
    Gardena 22024
    LA Underground 2023
    Almost Flying2019
    Gravel Salad2019
  • Cinematography (9 Credits)
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Lairs2020
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow2018
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man2017
    Experimental, Short
    Wait Wait Wait2017
    Experimental, Short
    the last dream of sinister and dexter2016
    Experimental, Short
    Cold War Christmas2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Will I Scatter Away?2015
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Animator (9 Credits)
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Lairs2020
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow2018
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    the last dream of sinister and dexter2016
    Experimental, Short
    Let's Catch a Movie2015
    Animation, Short
    Will I Scatter Away?2015
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    The Long Night2014
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Chee-Wi Learns to Growl2013
    Animation, Short
  • Editing and color (6 Credits)
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Lairs2020
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow2018
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man2017
    Experimental, Short
    Cold War Christmas2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Sound Design (6 Credits)
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man2017
    Experimental, Short
    the last dream of sinister and dexter2016
    Experimental, Short
    Cold War Christmas2015
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Let's Catch a Movie2015
    Animation, Short
    Will I Scatter Away?2015
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Editor (6 Credits)
    Wait Wait Wait2017
    Experimental, Short
    the last dream of sinister and dexter2016
    Experimental, Short
    Let's Catch a Movie2015
    Animation, Short
    Will I Scatter Away?2015
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    The Long Night2014
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Chee-Wi Learns to Growl2013
    Animation, Short
  • Sound (5 Credits)
    Lairs2020
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow2018
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    The Long Night2014
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Chee-Wi Learns to Growl2013
    Animation, Short
  • Acting (5 Credits)
    Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm2021
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    I Am He Who Created Himself2019
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Let's Catch a Movie2015
    Animation, Short
    The Long Night2014
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    Chee-Wi Learns to Growl2013
    Animation, Short
  • Screenplay adaptation (2 Credits)
    Lairs2020
    Animation, Experimental, Short
    The Long Night2014
    Animation, Experimental, Short
357 Awards & Selections
Best Architectural / Urban Landscape
Gardena 2
BFPQ Berlin Film and Photo Quarterly
Berlin, Germany
2026
Honorable Mention
Gardena 1
London Image Festival
London, England
2025
Honorable Mention
LA Underground
London Image Festival 2025
London, England
2025
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
North Bay Art and Film Festival 2016
Benicia, California
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Underexposed Film Festival 2016
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
EyeCatcher International Film Festival 2016
McAlester, Oklahoma
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Flipbook Animation Film Festival 2016
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
ITSA Film Festival 2016
Sonora, California
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Boston International Kids Film Festival 2016
Somerville, Massachusetts
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival 2016
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Maryland International Kids FilmFest 2017
Frederick, Maryland
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
KidFilm Festival 2017, presented by USA Film Festival
Dallas, Texas
Invited Screening
Let's Catch a Movie
Boston International Kids Film Festival "Best of the Fest" Screening
Arlington, Massachusetts
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Durango Independent Film Festival 2017
Durango, Colorado
Official Selection & Best High School Animation
Let's Catch a Movie
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2017
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection
the last dream of sinister and dexter
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2016
Big Bear, California
Official Selection
the last dream of sinister and dexter
The Block Film and Art Festival 2016
Logan, Utah
Official Selection
the last dream of sinister and dexter
London Experimental Film Festival 2016
London
Official Selection
the last dream of sinister and dexter
South Texas Underground Film Festival 2016
Corpus Christi, Texas
Official Selection & In The Spirit Of Stanley Kubrick Award
the last dream of sinister and dexter
MagikalCharm Experimental Video Festival 2017
New York, New York
Official Selection & Best Emerging Female Filmmaker
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) 2017
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Humboldt International Film Festival 2017
Arcata, California
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Greenpoint Film Festival 2017
New York, New York
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
CineYouth 2017, presented by Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2017
Perth
Official Selection & Best Young Audience Short Short
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Eugene International Film Festival 2013
Eugene, Oregon
Official Selection & Certificate of Merit Award for Animation
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Williamsburg International Film Festival 2013
New York, New York
Official Selection; Best of Girls Make Movies; Best Directing - Girls Make Movies; Best Screenplay - Girls Make Movies
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Women's Independent Film Festival 2013
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Green Bay Film Festival 2014
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Official Selection
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Durango Independent Film Festival 2014
Durango, Colorado
Official Selection & Best Student Short High School
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2014
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
deadCenter Film Festival 2014
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Official Selection & Judges Special Achievement Award
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Ballston Spa International Short Film Festival 2013
Ballston Spa, New York
Award of Merit Filmmaker 17 years and younger & Award of Merit Children/Family Programming
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Indie Fest 2013
La Jolla, California
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Chicago International Film Festival 2015
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids 2016-2017
Australia - various cities, touring
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival 2016
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Arizona International Film Festival 2016
Tucson, Arizona
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
San Diego International Kids' Film Festival 2016
San Diego, California
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Blue Plum Animation Festival 2016
Johnson City, Tennessee
Official Selection & First Place Animation
Let's Catch a Movie
Women's Independent Film Festival 2016
Santa Monica, California
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Action on Film International Film Festival 2016
Monrovia, California
Official Selection & Audience Award Best Animation
Let's Catch a Movie
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2016
Big Bear, California
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Sidewalk Film Festival 2016
Birmingham, Alabama
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Ballston Spa International Short Film Festival 2016
Ballston Spa, New York
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Williamsburg International Film Festival 2016
New York, New York
Official Selection
Let's Catch a Movie
Grenada Afterglow Film Festival 2016
Grenada, Mississippi
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Leiden International Short Film Experience 2018
Leiden
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Sidewalk Film Festival 2018
Birmingham, Alabama
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
The South Georgian Bay Film Festival 2017
Wasaga Beach
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Southern Margins International Film Festival 2017
Clemson, South Carolina
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Extremely Shorts Film Festival 2017
Houston, Texas
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Flying Frame Film Festival 2017
Simpson, Illinois
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
3 Minute Film Festival 2017
Santa Barbara, California
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Cardiff Mini Film Festival 2017
Cardiff, Wales
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Festival Angaelica 2017
Big Bear Lake, California
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
South London Shorts 2017
London
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Brainwash Movie Festival 2017
Oakland, CA
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Louisville's International Festival of Film 2017
Louisville, Kentucky
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2017
San Diego, California
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Laughlin International Film Festival 2017
Laughlin, Nevada
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
London Experimental Film Festival 2017
London
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 2018
Lafayette, Louisiana
Official Selection
Wait Wait Wait
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2018
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
CineYouth 2018, presented by Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Chellavision Short Film Fest 2018
Indio, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Twin Rivers Media Festival 2018
Asheville, North Carolina
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Moviate Underground Film Festival 2018
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Intendence Film Festival 2018
Denver, Colorado
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Underground FilmFest 2017
Munich
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Intendence Film Festival 2017
Denver, Colorado
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival 2017
Santa Monica, California
Official Selection & Best Editing
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Festival Angaelica 2017
Big Bear Lake, California
Official Selection & Best Experimental Film
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2017
San Francisco, California
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Nonplussed Fest 2017
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2017
San Diego, California
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
New York State International Film Festival 2017
Albany, New York
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema 2017
Paris
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Southampton International Film Festival 2017
Southampton, England
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Bristol Radical Film Festival 2017
Bristol, England
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
The Block Film and Art Festival 2017
Logan, Utah
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Crossing the Screen International Film Festival 2017
Eastbourne, England
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
NewFilmmakers New York Film Festival 2017
New York, New York
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
St. Cloud Film Fest 2017
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Big Mini Media Festival 2017
New York, New York
Invited Screening
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Nonplussed Fest's Best of Fest 2017, hosted at Festival Angaelica
Big Bear Lake, California
Invited Screening
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Portland Unknown Film Festival's "Unknown Presents" Series 2018
Portland, Oregon
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2018
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection & In The Spirit of David Fincher Award
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
MagikalCharm Experimental Video and Film Festival 2018
New York, New York
Invited Screening
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Nonplussed Fest's "Femtasia" 2018
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Man
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2018
Hawick, Scotland
Official Selection
The Long Night
Mykonos Biennale 2015
Mykonos
Official Selection & Second Place, Short Animation Experimental
The Long Night
The Walt Disney Family Museum Bay Area Teen Animation Festival 2015
San Francisco, California
Official Selection
The Long Night
Other Venice Film Festival 2015
Venice, California
Official Selection
The Long Night
Experimental Forum 2016
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection & Best Experimental Film - Junior Division
Will I Scatter Away?
Cineyouth 2015, presented by Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2015
Perth
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Seattle International Film Festival 2015
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival 2015
Santa Monica, California
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Moviate Underground Film Festival 2015
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Official Selection & Best Sound Design
Will I Scatter Away?
Salisbury University Film Festival 2015
Salisbury, Maryland
Official Selection & Certificate of Merit Award for Animation
Will I Scatter Away?
Williamsburg International Film Festival 2015
New York, New York
Invited Screening
Will I Scatter Away?
Chicago International Film Festival 2015
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Other Venice Film Festival 2015
Venice, California
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Fear No Film at Utah Arts Festival 2015
Salt Lake City, Utah
Official Selection & Audience Experimental Award; inaugural Penaz Eisner Family Award
Will I Scatter Away?
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2015
Camas, Washington
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
NewFilmmakers New York Film Festival 2015
New York, New York
Official Selection & Emerging Filmmaker Award
Will I Scatter Away?
Sacramento Film and Music Festival 2015
Sacramento, California
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Berlin Short Film Festival 2015
Berlin
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Louisville's International Festival of Film 2015
Louisville, Kentucky
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Action on Film International Film Festival 2015
Monrovia, California
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Southampton International Film Festival 2015
Southampton, England
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Minneapolis Underground Film Festival 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Official Selection & Rising Star Award
The Long Night
Cineyouth Film Festival 2014
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection; Best of Girls Make Movies; Best Directing - Girls Make Movies; Best Screenplay - Girls Make Movies
The Long Night
Women's Independent Film Festival 2014
West Hollywood, California
Official Selection
The Long Night
Aurora Picture Show's Extremely Shorts Film Festival 2014
Houston, Texas
Official Selection & Best Art-Experimental Film
The Long Night
Intendence Film Festival 2014
Denver, Colorado
Official Selection
The Long Night
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official Selection
The Long Night
Ballston Spa International Short Film Festival 2014
Ballston Spa, New York
Official Selection & Festival Winner Experimental Filmmaker
The Long Night
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2014
Vancouver, Washington
Official Selection
The Long Night
Sidewalk Film Festival 2014
Birmingham, Alabama
Official Selection & Honorable Mention Experimental Shorts
The Long Night
Greenpoint Film Festival 2014
New York, New York
Official Selection & Certificate of Merit Award for Animation
The Long Night
Williamsburg International Film Festival 2014
New York, New York
Official Selection
The Long Night
SoCal Film Festival 2014
Huntington Beach, California
Invited Screening
The Long Night
Chicago International Film Festival 2014
Chicago, Ilinois
Official Selection
The Long Night
Louisville's International Festival of Film 2014
Louisville, Kentucky
Official Selection
The Long Night
Zebra Poetry Film Festival 2014
Berlin
Official Selection
The Long Night
Utopia Film Festival 2014
Greenbelt, Maryland
Official Selection
The Long Night
ITSA Film Festival 2014
Sonora, California
Official Selection
The Long Night
Citizen Jane Film Festival 2014
Columbia, Missouri
Official Selection
The Long Night
Underexposed Film Festival yc 2014
Rockville, South Carolina
Official Selection
The Long Night
Bradford Animation Festival 2014
Bradford, England
Official Selection
The Long Night
NewFilmmakers New York Film Festival 2014
New York, New York
Official Selection
The Long Night
Barebones International Film and Music Festival 2015
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection
The Long Night
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2015
San Francisco, California
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
CineYouth 2016, presented by Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2016
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Women's Independent Film Festival 2016
Santa Monica, California
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2016
Perth
Official Selection & Jury Award Best Experimental Film
Cold War Christmas
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2016
Big Bear, California
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Diamond in the Rough Cut Indie Film Screening Series 2016
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2016
San Diego, California
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Open Art Short Film Festival 2016
Dusseldorf
Official Selection & Best Photography in a Short Documentary
Cold War Christmas
Southampton International Film Festival 2016
Southampton
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Citizen Jane Film Festival 2016
Columbia, Missouri
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Underexposed Film Festival 2016
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
London Experimental Film Festival 2016
London
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 2017
Lafayette, Louisiana
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2017
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection & Special Jury Mention
Cold War Christmas
The New Bohemia 2017, curated art exhibition at the Czech Center New York
New York, New York
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Jacksonville Documentary Film Festival 2017
Jacksonville, Florida
Invited Screening
Cold War Christmas
San Diego Underground Arts' Holiday Extravaganza 2018
San Diego, California
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Weihnachtsfilmfestival 2021
Berlin
Official Selection
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Bradford Animation Festival 2013
Bradford, England
Official Selection
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
CineYouth 2013, presented by Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection & Festival Winner Children's Animation
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2013
Vancouver, Washington
Official Selection & Honorable Mention
Chee-Wi Learns to Growl
ITSA Film Festival 2013
Sonora, California
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival 2015
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Logan Film Festival 2015
Logan, Utah
Official Selection & Honorable Mention Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Creativity
Will I Scatter Away?
Utopia Film Festival 2015
Greenbelt, Maryland
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Underexposed Film Festival Yc 2015
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Intendence Film Festival 2015
Denver, Colorado
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Citizen Jane Film Festival 2015
Columbia, Missouri
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2015
San Francisco, California
Official Selection & Honorable Mention Student Film
Will I Scatter Away?
ITSA Film Festival 2015
Sonora, California
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Philip K Dick Science Fiction Film Festival 2016
New York, New York
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2016
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2016
Hawick, Scotland
Official Selection & Jury Award Best Experimental Film
Will I Scatter Away?
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) 2016
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Humboldt International Film Festival 2016
Arcata, California
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Illinois International Film Festival 2016
Aurora, Illinois
Invited Screening
Will I Scatter Away?
Philip K. Dick Film Marathon at UBIK Futurosity Intergalactic SciFi Bizarro Festival 2016
Rotterdam
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2016
San Francisco, California
Invited Screening
Will I Scatter Away?
Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction and Supernatural Film Festival 2016
Lille
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
London Experimental Film Festival 2016
London
Official Selection
Will I Scatter Away?
Mirror Mountain Film Festival 2016
Ottawa
Invited Screening
Cold War Christmas
Swedish Film Institute Short Film Day: Regarding Exile film program Skånes konstförening (art gallery) 2015
Malmo
Official Selection & In the Spirit of Jack Jupiter Milton Award
Cold War Christmas
MagikalCharm Experimental Video Festival 2016
New York, New York
Official Selection
Cold War Christmas
Exil Filmfestivalen 2016
Malmo
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Cardiff Mini Film Festival 2018
Cardiff, Wales
Official Selection
Lairs
International Film Festival of Larissa 2021
Larissa
Official Selection
Lairs
Filmfest Bremen 2021
Bremen
Official Selection
Lairs
Demetera International Film Festival 2021
Paris
Official Selection & Best Adaptation/Ekphrasis
Lairs
Cadence Video Poetry Film Festival 2021
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Lairs
Bare Bones International Music and Film Festival 2021
Muskogee, Oklahome
Official Selection
Lairs
Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival 2021
Hot Springs National Park, Arizona
Official Selection
Lairs
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021
Llandeilo
Official Selection
Lairs
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official Selection & In The Spirit of Insight Award
Lairs
MagikalCharm Experimental Video and Film Festival 2021
New York, New York
Official Selection
Lairs
Athens International Film and Video Festival 2021
Athens, Ohio
Official Selection
Lairs
Festival Ecrã 2021
Rio de Janeiro
Official Selection
Lairs
Fear No Film at Utah Arts Festival 2021
Salt Lake City, Utah
Official Selection
Lairs
Mosiac World Film Festival 2021
Rockford, Illinois
Official Selection
Lairs
Sidewalk Film Festival 2021
Birmingham, Alabama
Official Selection
Lairs
Vidlings & Tapeheads 2021
Hamtramck, Michigan
Official Selection
Lairs
Shawna Shea Film Festival 2021
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Official Selection
Lairs
Experimental Film Fest 2021
New Bern, North Carolina
Official Selection
Lairs
Cardiff Mini Film Festival 2021
Cardiff, Wales
Official Selection
Lairs
VASTLAB Experimental 2021
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
Lairs
Festival Fotogenia 2021
Mexico City
Official Selection
Lairs
Festival de Cinema de Girona 2021
Girona
Official Selection
Lairs
New Haven International Film Festival 2021
New Haven, Connecticut
Official Selection & Best Experimental Film
Lairs
KinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival 2020
Cleveland, Ohio
Official Selection & Best Extreme New Media (XNM)
Lairs
Louisville's International Festival of Film 2020
Louisville, Kentucky
Official Selection
Lairs
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) 2020
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Lairs
Mr. HoleHead's Warped Dimension 2020
San Francisco, California
Official Selection
Lairs
Arizona Underground Film Festival 2020
Tuscon, Arizona
Official Selection
Lairs
Zebra Poetry Film Festival 2020
Berlin
Official Selection
Lairs
3 Minute Film Festival 2020
Santa Barbara, California
Official Selection
Lairs
Dreamers of Dreams Film Festival 2020
London
Official Selection
Lairs
Film and Video Poetry Symposium 2020
Pasadena, California
Official Selection
Lairs
London Rocks Film Festival 2020
London
Official Selection
Lairs
Versi di Luce 2020
Modica, Sicily
Official Selection
Lairs
Crossing the Screen International Film Festival 2020
Eastbourne
Official Selection
Lairs
Festival Angaelica 2020
Pasadena, California
Official Selection
Lairs
Palm Springs International Animation Festival 2020
Palm Springs, California
Official Selection
Lairs
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2020
San Francisco, California
Official Selection
Lairs
KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival 2020
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
Lairs
Helios Sun Poetry Film Festival 2020
Mexico City
Official Selection
Lairs
International Video Poetry Festival 2021
Athens
Official Selection & Honorable Mention
Lairs
Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival 2021
Hoboken, New Jersey
Official Selection
Lairs
South Texas Underground Film Festival 2021
Corpus Christi, Texas
Official Selection
Lairs
Papaya Rocks Film Festival 2021
London
Official Selection
Lairs
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 2021
Lafayette, Louisiana
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Film Maudit 2022
Santa Monica, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Crossing the Screen International Film Festival 2022
Eastbourne, England
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
International Film Festival of Larissa 2022
Larissa
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 2022
Lafayette, Louisiana
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2022
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Malibu International Film Festival 2022
Malibu, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) 2022
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2022
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Shock-A-Go-Go Film Festival 2022
Long Beach, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
CineYouth Film Festival 2022
Chicago, Illinois
Finalist
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Humboldt International Film Festival 2022
Arcata, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2022
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2022
Llandeilo, Wales
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Vidlings and Tapeheads 2022
Hamtramck, Michigan
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
South Texas Underground Film Festival 2022
Corpus Christi, Texas
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Marina del Rey Film Festival 2022
Marina del Rey, California
Official Selection & In the Spirit of The Folklorer Teller of Tales Award
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
MagikalCharm Experimental Video and Film Festival 2022
New York, New York
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Warped Dimension 2023
San Francisco, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival 2023
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
REELpoetry/HoustonTX International Festival 2024
Houston, Texas
Official Selection
In the Heavenly Cutting Room
Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival 2026
San Jose, California
Official Selection
In the Heavenly Cutting Room
Seattle International Film Festival 2026
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Lairs
Bowery Film Festival 2021
New York, New York
Official Selection
Lairs
ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Festival 2021
Montreal
Official Selection
Lairs
REELpoetry/HoustonTX 2022
Houston, Texas
Official Selection
Lairs
Moviate Underground Film Festival 2022
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Official Selection
Lairs
Something Wicked Film Festival 2022
Forest Park, Georgia
Official Selection
Lairs
HollyShorts Monthly Screening Series 2022
Los Angeles, California
Finalist Best Photography
Gravel Salad
The Thing in the Basement Photography Contest 2020
Bremerton, Washington, USA
Official Selection for Competition
Gravel Salad
Sapixel International Photo Contest 2020
Cluj Napoca, Romania
Best Still Life Award Winner
Gravel Salad
Still Photography Awards 2020
Wexford, Ireland
Semi-finalist Best Photography
Almost Flying
The Thing in the Basement Photography Contest 2020
Bremerton, Washington, USA
Official Selection & Jury Award Winner Best Photography
Almost Flying
Phlegraean Photography Exhibition 2020
Bacoli, Italy
Official Selection for Art Exhibition
Almost Flying
New Media Film Festival 2021
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2021
Perth
Official Selection & Best Experimental Short
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Shawna Shea Film Festival 2021
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Arizona Underground Film Festival 2021
Tucson, Arizona
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Louisville's International Festival of Film 2021
Louisville, Kentucky
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
London Rocks International Film Festival 2021
London
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2021
San Francisco, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2021
San Diego, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Festival Angaelica 2021
Pasadena, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Culver City Film Festival 2021
Culver City, California
Official Selection
Vodník Many Years After the Rainstorm
Santa Monica International Film Festival 2022
Santa Monica, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Aggregate Space Gallery, Holding Breath video art exhibition 2018-2019
Oakland, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Manchester Film Festival 2019
Manchester
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
MagikalCharm Experimental Video and Film Festival 2019
New York, New York
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival 2019
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Official Selection & Best Experimental Film
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2019
Llanelli
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Delete TV 2019
London
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2019
Hawick
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Spectral Film Festival 2019
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Cadaqués Shortfilm Festival 2019
Cadaqués
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Festival Ecrã 2019
Rio de Janeiro
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Gorst Underground Film Festival 2019
Portland, Oregon
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Festival Angaelica 2019
Duluth, Minnesota
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Lunatik Leipzig 2020
Leipzig
Official Selection & Audience Favorite award
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Experimental Film Fest 2020
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Demetera Paris International Film Festival 2020
Paris
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Scumdance 2020
Reno, Nevada
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival 2020
Brighton
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Something Wicked Film Festival 2020
Duluth, Georgia
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Cinematic Panic 2020
Memphis, Tennessee
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
VastLab Experimental Film Festival 2020
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Secrets of the Dead Film Festival 2020
New York, New York
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2018
Perth
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Interrobang Film Festival 2018
Des Moines, Iowa
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2018
San Diego, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Brainwash Movie Festival 2018
Oakland, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Vidlings and Tapeheads Film Festival 2018
Detroit, Michigan
Official Selection & Second Place, Micro Experimental Film
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival 2018
Hudson, Ohio
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
San Antonio Film Festival 2018
San Antonio, Texas
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Festival de Cinema de Girona 2018
Girona
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image 2018
New York, New York
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Portland Unknown Film Festival 2018
Portland, Oregon
Semi-Finalist
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Festival 2018
Bilbao
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Southampton International Film Festival 2018
Southampton, England
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Bolton Film Festival 2018
Bolton
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Arizona Underground Film Festival 2018
Tucson, Arizona
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival 2018
North Hollywood, California
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
New York State International Film Festival 2018
Albany, New York
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
National Film Festival for Talent Youth (NFFTY) 2018
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
The Block Festival 2018
Logan, Utah
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Videodrunk Film Festival 2018
Toronto
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
South Texas Underground Film Festival 2019
Corpus Christi, Texas
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
London Experimental Film Festival 2019
London
Official Selection
Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 2019
Lafayette, Louisiana
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
London Experimental Film Festival 2020
London
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Woodbury Film Festival 2020
Salt Lake City, Utah
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2020
Llandeilo, Wales
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
CineYouth Film Festival 2020
Chicago, Illinois
Official Selection & Best Art Short Award
I Am He Who Created Himself
SSFF Spring Shorts Festival 2020
Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Onirica Film Festival 2020
La Spezia, Liguria
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Sidewalk Film Festival 2020
Birmingham, Alabama
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Mosaic World Film Festival 2020
Rockford, Illinois
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Girona Film Festival 2020
Girona
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Montreal International Animation Film Festival 2020
Montreal, Quebec
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Gorst Underground Film Festival 2020
Port Orchard, Washington
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Moviate Underground Film Festival 2020
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
International Fine Arts Film Festival 2020
Santa Barbara, California
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020
Memphis, Tennessee
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Festival Angaelica 2020
Pasadena, California
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Festival Fotogenia 2020
Mexico City
Official Selection & Festival Director Award for Best Experimental Film
I Am He Who Created Himself
Something Wicked Film Festival 2021
Forest Park, Georgia
Official Selection
Lairs
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2020
Perth
Official Selection
Lairs
Twin Rivers Media Festival 2020
Asheville, North Carolina
Official Selection
Lairs
Alternating Currents Film Festival 2020
Davenport, Iowa
Official Selection
Lairs
Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival 2020
Richmond, California
Official Selection
Lairs
Bolton International Film Festival 2020
Bolton, Great Manchester
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2019
Perth
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival 2019
Brighton
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2019
San Francisco, California
Official Selection & Animation Award
I Am He Who Created Himself
Brainwash Silver Drive-In Movie Festival 2019
Oakland, California
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Oaxaca FilmFest 2019
Oaxaca City
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
New Jersey International Film Festival 2019
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Crossing the Screen International Film Festival 2019
Eastbourne
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2019
San Diego, California
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Louisville's International Festival of Film 2019
Louisville, Kentucky
Official Selection & Second Place Award in Animated, Experimental, and Alternative Techniques Media
I Am He Who Created Himself
KinoDrome International Motion Picture and Screenplay Festival 2019
Cleveland, Ohio
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival 2019
Hollywood, California
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Portland Unknown Film Festival 2019
Portland, Oregon
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Southampton International Film Festival 2019
Southampton
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) 2019
Seattle, Washington
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Arizona Underground Film Festival 2019
Tucson, Arizona
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
The Block Film and Art Festival 2019
Logan, Utah
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
New York State International Film Festival 2019
Albany, New York
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
St. Cloud Film Festival 2019
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Filmstock 12 (2019)
Luton
Official Selection
I Am He Who Created Himself
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2019
San Francisco, California
Official Selection & Special Jury Prize for Experimental Shorts
I Am He Who Created Himself
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 2020
Lafayette, Louisiana
Official Selection & In the Spirit of Symbolic Myth award
I Am He Who Created Himself
MagikalCharm Experimental Video and Film Festival 2020
New York, New York
Official Selection
In the Heavenly Cutting Room
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2026
Perth
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Education
College
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Film and TV Production
2021 – 2025
Personal Details
Birth City
San Francisco
Current City
Los Angeles
American filmmaker based in Los Angeles.
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