An emerging director based in Toronto for whom early on, music was a crucial part of life. When peers were listening to more commercial modern sounds, at age 15 she began collecting and DJing rare records from the distant past and since then played in two psychedelic/beat-style girl groups, including a French yé-yé band influenced by Anna Karina.
Now her collection of psychedelic and progressive art-rock vinyl is featured on a weekly radio program at 89.5fm in Toronto and she has been one of the city’s more prolific female club DJs. The beautiful and unusual music stumbled upon unwittingly at such a young age has indelibly informed not just the soundtracks but direction, writing and beat of her narratives.
Her first degree in History and Theatre (University of Toronto, 2012) informs the occasional period piece and in particular, attention to believable historical customs and accurate production design.
She met several wonderful collaborators at film school through the Video Design & Production Program (GBC, 2019), most of whom still make up her crew.
Made while still a student, her first film won "Best Drama Short" at Toronto Short Film Festival (2020). Since then she has won several best director and best short film awards and nominations including CTV Best in Shorts at Cinéfest (2023).
One of Toronto's more prolific female vinyl DJs, with a record collection specializing in over 8000 rare and unusual forms of psychedelic, progressive and art rock.
Produced a (TIFF award-winning) colleague's feature film before going to film school. For this road-trip drama, she procured a second-hand limousine originally driven by Mr T, which cast and crew used as makeshift studio/transportation across 13 US states.
"An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional." -FSF