Hi! I’m a film and media professional with 10 years of experience in documentary, journalism, and programming. Currently, I run the video department at Quanta. Recently, my short documentary was awarded the Pulitzer Prize alongside my colleague Natalie Wolchover’s article.
Previously, I’ve been a producer, writer, and documentary programmer at The Atlantic, a film journalist at Indiewire and No Film School, and a creative executive.
James Webb Will Transform the Cosmos
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope in the history of humanity. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning short documentary, Webb’s lead scientists speak about the telescope’s significance.
Role: Director, producer, co-editor
Publication: Quanta
A Holographic Wormhole in a Quantum Computer
Almost a century ago, Einstein realized that the equations of general relativity could produce wormholes. But it would take a number of theoretical leaps and a “crazy” team of experimentalists to build one on Google's quantum computer.
Role: Director, producer, editor, art director
Publication: Quanta
The Nightmare of ICU Delirium
The 35-year-old COVID-19 survivor Leah Blomberg doesn’t remember being rushed to the intensive-care unit, where she would spend 18 days fighting for her life on a ventilator. What she does remember is far more traumatic. Read the full article here.
Role: Director, producer, art director, writer/reporter (article)
Publication: The Atlantic
The Biggest Project in Modern Math
The Langlands program is one of the most ambitious mathematical feats ever attempted. Its symmetries imply deep, powerful, and beautiful connections between the most important branches of math — a kind of “grand unified theory of mathematics.”
Role: Director, producer, editor, art director
Publication: Quanta
The Chip War
Semiconductors are the brain of modern electronics, embedded in everything from cars to advanced weapons systems. But there's a problem: 92% of the world's advanced chips are made in Taiwan. As the threat of an invasion from China looms over the Taiwan Strait, can the U.S. bring chip manufacturing home—before it's too late?
Role: Director, producer, editor, art director
Publication: Semafor
A Breakthrough in Brain Implants
Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, are direct communication pathways between the brain's electrical activity and an external device. Recent advances in the technology have huge implications for paralyzed patients.
Role: Director, producer, reporter, editor, art director
Publication: Semafor
How Telegram Fractures the Reality of War
The social media platform Telegram has played an unprecedented role in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Role: Story editor
Publication: Semafor
The Exoplanet Hunter
An astronomer hunts for life on alien worlds.
Role: Director, producer, editor
Publication: Quanta
The Tale Is a Messy Story About Abuse
Read the article at The Atlantic.
The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
Read the article at Indiewire.
What Doctors Are Afraid Of
At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, I interviewed dozens of health-care professionals on the front lines. The documentary was one of the first windows into the devastating new reality facing hospitals in the city.
“All I'm seeing are people who are vulnerable, people who are weak, people who are scared,” says Dr. Darien Sutton, an emergency physician in New York. “And I'm not gonna lie. It's making me scared.”
Interviews
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of interviewing hundreds of people for The Atlantic, Indiewire, and No Film School. Here are a few of my favorites.
Werner Herzog
Would you follow Werner Herzog into the inferno? What if he told you, "I am the only one in filmmaking who is clinically sane"?
Ai Weiwei
A conversation about perpetual migration, the tragedy of exile, and the power of plain cinematic language.
Kelly Reichardt
In Reichardt films, people are simply guests in vast landscapes. As characters mull about, the quiet beauty of the natural world subsumes them and, in turn, reveals them to themselves.