Video work
Personal and professional projects, all in the same space. Read the descriptions and see what exactly I worked on, or just press play.
Second Opinion: Part I, 2022
Personal medical trauma reveals the fraught relationship of Western medicine with black and brown bodies. Chapter I of III. This project is still ongoing, and this is not the final version of this section.
A huge thank you to everyone who made this possible—expecially to all my family and friends who helped me get through that hospital visit and motivated me to pursue this project.
Direction, cinematography, sound design, editing, grading.
Maxwell + Shelly: 10.3.21, 2022
A beautiful venue, loving friends, a supportive community and most importantly, love. I worked with the wonderful Shelly and Maxwell to document their wedding day, and this was the result.
Cinematography, sound design, editing, grading.
Introducing: The Umamis, 2021
A teaser-trailer I created for fun, with some friends who recently started to play music together. Footage comes from one of their shows in the summer of 2021.
Cinematography, sound design, editing, visual effects, grading.
Wind Is to Blame - Aida Shahghasemi, 2021
One of six songs performed by Aida Shahghasemi and Nima Hafezieh at The Hideaway Studios in Minneapolis. I had the privilege of filming their performance, to create this video. Find the rest on my Vimeo profile.
Cinematography, editing, grading.
Marcel + Christie: 5.7.21, 2021
I had the chance to work with Christie and Marcel to document their beautiful indoor wedding, and produced this video for them.
Cinematography, sound design, editing, grading.
Filming a Score, 2020
A collaboration with Robert Lehmann resulted in this abstract, tonal piece. The music came first, followed by the video, in a reversal of the conventional scoring process.
Cinematography, editing, grading.
A Very Little Christmas, 2020
A quiet, private performance of “Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas” provided a fitting tone for the COVID-19 holiday season. Featuring Maya Lehmann on violin, and Robert Lehmann on piano.
Direction, cinematography, editing, grading.
मेरी परंपरा (my culture), 2018
A piece hacked together using memorable stories from my childhood. This video explores the cinematic storytelling language used in Indian and American media in an attempt to reconcile the distinct cultures I was raised between. Created as part of an experimental film course at Carleton College, taught by Laska Jimsen.
Direction, voiceover, sound design, editing.
Artist, 2018
A semi-autobiographical piece exploring my relationship with studio arts, both traditional and digital, featuring Issa Wilson. This video was created as part of an experimental film course at Carleton College, taught by Laska Jimsen.
Direction, cinematography, voiceover, sound design, editing, grading.
Ya en Kioscos: El Salto 4, 2017
A short promotion for the then-newly-released edition of El Salto magazine, with a cover story focused on waste and consumption. This video was watched over 1,500 times.
Direction, videography, sound design, editing, grading. Find the original upload on El Salto’s YouTube channel, here.