What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? It’s hard to say because I’ve been making films my whole life for my own enjoyment, but I’d say the first time I actually got hired and paid to make a film was for a film called “Cowboy” for REI. I was really lucky…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? After COVID came for my job, I had some old coworkers, from that job, hit me up for a social campaign they were doing for Capital One promoting March Madness. I mustered up some local production company help, some post support, put together a…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? I’d say haven’t had one that was strictly as a director yet. My two previous spec spots that I wrote/directed for U-Haul and Pendleton Whisky were both picked up by them for their social media channels, but I’d say I’m still striving for my…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?My first professional directed work was a commercial I directed for the LA 2028 Olympics Committee. It aired during the Summer Olympic games and was about a group of black surfers in Los Angeles. How did you get into directing? I’ve been directing things. I…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? I shot Margo Price’s “All American Made” video. Throughout, we see Margo riding through America in a tiny house built on the back of a flatbed truck showing that we are all protected in our own little worlds. In the end of the video,…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? You guys are getting paid to do this? How did you get into directing? Growing up, my family moved every two or three years. This was a lot of fun until 2013, when I moved halfway through high school, landing in Vienna, Austria. I was…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? Queen Sugar in 2019 How did you get into directing? After working on production crews for many years, I felt like I needed to get back to being creative, so I started writing and earned a spot in the 2014 AFI Directing Workshop for Women…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it?The first piece that I directed was right before the pandemic. It was a spot for Cuties Diapers. I didn’t think my first spot was going to be working with babies, but it was really special for me and I am sure it was…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? This is a hard question for me to answer because I have always been directing in some capacity even if it wasn’t my title. But my career as a commercial director, hired professionally, with the title, started in 2020. How did you get into…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? A short-form documentary (actually a school project at the University of Buffalo) about Dyngus Day in Buffalo, NY, Title: Dyngus Day (2014) How did you get into directing? I went to film school in Buffalo, which is where I began my filmmaking journey. Since graduating…