1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? While in school, I was selected for season 1 of Rising Voices. With the support of Indeed, Hillman Grad, 271 and Ventureland, I got the resources and support to make my short film Soñadora, which premiered at Tribeca in 2021. It was the…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first work as director was the poetry video “First You Need A Body,” for Growing Concerns Poetry Collective, of which I am also a member, on its album BIG DARK BRIGHT FUTURES. I worked with a small professional crew, including DP Remsy Atassi,…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? I was shooting mini-docs on my friends who were MMA fighters and after I released little snippets online I got a call from Combate Americas, a large MMA promotion in Latin America, wanting to air it. The rest is history. How did you get…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first directorial work was completed in January 2021. The work is entitled Hood Prophets. Hood Prophets is an intimate portrait of first generation, West African creatives Modibo ‘Minx$’ Sy and Mamadou ‘Dusse’ Doumbouya. An excerpt that profiles their heritage, practice of their Islamic…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first professional directing gig was for Google, called WomenWill. It was an idea I pitched and directed on how women in music across Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya were using tech to advance their careers. It was a huge responsibility to travel and…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first professionally directed work was for Amazon Prime in February of 2022. The video was a how-to on throwing your very own drag brunch at home, and it featured the fabulous Miss Peppermint. Funnily enough, back when I was at NYU, I used…
1) What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My directorial debut started with The Trevor Project’s “Every Single One” campaign, which I directed in November 2022. This project featured LGBTQ+ young individuals reading heartfelt letters to those who played a pivotal role in their journey of self-discovery. Before this, I had…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? I graduated from the American Film Institute in May of 2022 and was brought on to direct the second unit of the Netflix feature film, Rebel Moon, shortly after. How did you get into directing? I started my career acting as a kid and…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first professionally directed work was an episode of Cherish the Day, the TV show by Ava DuVernay. She distributed my independent feature film, Residue, via her distribution company ARRAY, and that led to her hiring me to direct a couple of TV shows…
What was your first professionally directed work and when was it? My first solo project was a shoot for a Ukrainian sparkling wine. It had a simple storyline: four friends coming together to celebrate the end of COVID (although we later realized it was just the first wave). Even though it’s not entirely my style,…