Selected Film Work
A Land of Long Shadows
Director/Writer
When her childhood friend is the next to be lost to a suicide epidemic, aspiring journalist Ellie embarks on her first story: to uncover why in post-Troubles Belfast, violence persists, but is turning inwards.
Feature in development, with support from Sundance Institute and SFFilm
Along Away
Director/Writer
Ellie’s grief over the suicide of her estranged friend Johnny takes an uncomfortable turn when she runs into his parents.
SFFilm Sound and Cinema Fellowship
The Dating Game
Co-producer
In a country where eligible men outnumber women by 30 million, three perpetual bachelors join an intensive seven-day dating camp led by one of China’s most sought-after dating coaches in a last-ditch effort to find love.
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Sundance 2025
Associate Producer
A personal poetic look at the uneasy peace on the frontline between Taiwan and China.
Nominee for Best Documentary Short Film, 2024 Academy Awards
Night of Nights
Co-producer
A nocturnal and surrealistic science fiction portrait of life in two Asian megacities after 2020, shot at night with an hypnotic intensity and with the lens pointing to the future.
Official Selection,
CPH:DOX 2024
Émigrés
Director
A glimpse into how an immigrant family remains comfortably estranged and elusive of its history. The “why” might have gotten lost along the way.
Documentary Short Competition,
Doc Edge 2022 ;
Grantee, PBS Open Call
Hidden Letters
Co-Producer
Two Chinese women must save an ancient secret treasure from falling into the wrong hands, but don’t expect it will save them too.
Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature,
2023 Academy Awards ;
Documentary Competition,
Tribeca Festival 2022
After the Rain
Co-Producer
After an earthquake razed a Chinese city to the ground in 2008, over 6,000 parents were encouraged to replace the children they lost and move on.
Special Jury Mention,
Doc NYC 2021
Confucian Dream
Producer
With Chinese society rapidly changing around her, one young mother turns to ancient teachings to repair her estranged family.
Special Jury Prize,
Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival 2010 ;
Best Feature Documentary,
Chinese Academy Awards of Documentary Film 2019
Our Time Machine
Associate Producer
Shaken by the news of his father’s dementia, artist Maleonn creates “Papa’s Time Machine,” a wondrous time-travel adventure performed on stage with life-size mechanical puppets.
Nominee, Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary,
2020 News & Documentary Emmy Awards ;
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature,
Tribeca Festival 2019
Daily Bread
Director/Writer
Near the border at midnight, two Israeli boys find themselves in a scuffle with a Palestinian boy on his shortcut home.
First Prize, Hearts, Minds, Souls Award,
2015 Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival ;
Official Selection,
Montréal World Film Festival 2015
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