An emerging female Director from Canada, I make short dramas and thrillers that feel like mini feature films. Intrigue and even the divine can be found by the edge of a clearing or on a city park bench. I examine the themes of fear versus hope and the consequent struggle for togetherness over antagonism.
Tragedy struck my own life with the sudden loss of most of my immediate family which began a journey exploring the themes outlined above. Consequently, I left my first career job at a national music and film publication to continue studies, graduating film school in 2019.
I’m also a curator of avant-garde vinyl recordings. Music is a crucial part of my life and informs the tone and beat of my films. When peers were discovering music during the millennium era, I was interested in music of the distant past, collecting and DJing rare records and have played in several psychedelic/beat-style groups, including a French yé-yé band influenced by Anna Karina. My collection is featured on a weekly radio program at 89.5fm in Toronto (Dementia13).
My first film, “Agnes” - made while still a student - won "Best Drama Short" at Toronto Short Film Festival, 2020. Since then, I’ve been fortunate to receive several Best Director and short film awards and nominations including CTV Best in Shorts at Cinéfest (2023) and “Corgan’s Pick” at Billy Corgan’s (of The Smashing Pumpkins) festival in Chicago (2024). I continue making shorts to explore and grow in the craft as I currently write my first series and feature script.
My stories are usually set against the backdrop of a quiet yet formidable natural world that contrasts the seemingly ordinary lives of characters passing through it.