"An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional." -FSF
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.
"Best Short Short"
"Just Grand"
Toronto Short Film Festival
Toronto
2025
"Corgan's Pick" Award
"Just Grand"
Billy Corgan/Madame ZuZu's International Short Film Festival
Chicago
2024
Finalist, CTV Best in Shorts
Go On and Bleed
Cinéfest International Film Festival
Sudbury
2023
Best Director
Go On and Bleed
International Motion Picture Awards
Brooklin
2023
Official Selection
Go On and Bleed
Lake Placid Film Festival
Lake Placid
2023
Best Short Film (Jury Award)
Go On and Bleed
Toronto Independent Film Festival
Toronto
2023
Official Selection
Go On and Bleed
Female Eye Film Festival
Toronto
2022
Winner, "Best Canadian Narrative Short"
The Day I Killed Him
Toronto Independent Film Festival of CIFT
Toronto
2022
Winner, "Best Emerging Filmmaker"
Clear Grey (Student Film)
International Motion Picture Awards
Brooklin
2021
Official Selection
Clear Grey (Student Film)
Nightpiece Film Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh
2020
Winner, "Best Drama Short"
Agnes (Student Film)
Toronto Short Film Festival
Toronto
2020
Official Selection
Agnes (Student Film)
Lake Placid Film Festival
Lake Placid, New York
2019
College
George Brown College
Video Production and Design
20172019
College
University of Toronto
History and Theatre
20092012
Current City
Toronto, ON
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
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