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NONFICTION

Brillo Box (3¢ off) (HBO)

Brillo Box (3¢ off) (HBO)

Andy Warhol, the art world and (my) family in the HBO Documentary Film BRILLO BOX, about the forty year journey of a Brillo Box sculpture from a New York living room to the global art market

 

OSCAR SHORTLIST, BEST SHORT SUBJECT

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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

  • Now streaming on HBO/HBO MAX

  • 54th New York Film Festival

  • Sheffield Doc/Fest

  • Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Florida Film Festival

  • Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

  • Aspen International Shortsfest

  • Traverse City Film Festival

  • St. Louis International Film Festival

  • Napa Valley Film Festival

  • Doc/Edge International Film Festival, New Zealsnd

A Few Things About Robert Irwin

A Few Things About Robert Irwin

I was commissioned to write and direct A FEW THINGS ABOUT ROBERT IRWIN for LACMA Productions, and the 2016 LACMA ART + Film Gala honoring Robert Irwin and Kathryn Bigelow, and co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Chow.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS   
  • Los Angeles Film Festival
  • AFI Docs
  • Provincetown International Film Festival
  • Florida Film Festival
  • St. Louis International Film Festival
  • Napa Valley Film Festival
  • The Loft Film Fest

      

No Loans Today (PBS) (clip)

No Loans Today (PBS) (clip)

In the aftermath of the 1992 riots, in response to dehumanizing news media coverage, I went to South Central LA to film the other side of the story.  
   
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS   

  • Broadcast on POV/PBS

  • Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition)

  • AFI Film Fest

  • San Francisco International Film Festival

  • South x Southwest Film Festival, winner Audience Prize, Second Place

  • Marseilles Vue sur les Doc Film Festival

  • Florida Film Festival

Oldtimers

Oldtimers

My first documentary OLDTIMERS, shot in 16mm black and white, portrayed an Irish bar and its elderly regulars who find solace  through music and community
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS   
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  • San Francisco International Film Festival (Special Jury Award)

  • South x Southwest Film Festival, 

  • Cinéma du Réel, Paris

  • Leipzig  International Documentary Film Festival

  • Kracow International Film Festival (Audience Award)

  • Cinéma du Réel, Paris
  • Nashville International Film Festival
Dreamland

Dreamland

DREAMLAND, which debuted on PBS/POV, followed tailor Lou Gerard as he retires to Las Vegas and discovers a local community reckoning with the lure of 24 hour gambling and an industry that has turned its sights on locals.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS   

  • CineVegas International Film Festival

  • Broadcast on POV/PBS

Secret Superhero

Secret Superhero

Chanetta Curtis plays herself in this scripted branded film for Arizona Department of Child Safety (ad agency: Lane Terralever) portraying 24 hours in the life of a child protection services social worker.

A ten year look back on the legendary LACMA Art + FIlm Gala, celebrating the creative community of Los Angeles from art to film, to fashion and music commissioned by the Los Angeles County Musem of Art's LACMA Productions.

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