Documentary
NO ORDINARY CAMPAIGN
Feature documentary
Editor
Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya, who met and fell in love on the 2008 Obama campaign, found their world upended by Brian’s diagnosis of ALS when he was only 37. Given just six months to live, they form an awe-inspiring partnership to challenge the broken medical establishment and take to the halls of D.C. to fight for his life.
Executive Produced by Katie Couric and Phil Rosenthal
Directed by Christopher Burke
Audience Award winner at SXSW and Chicago International Film Festival.
THE TRUTH ABOUT JIM
4-part TRUE CRIME docuseries
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An investigator confronts a traumatic past and secrets that have plagued her family for generations. Was Jim Mordecai, their husband, stepfather, and step-grandfather a notorious serial killer?
Directed by Skye Borgman
CALL ME MISS CLEO
Feature Documentary
Editor
This eye-opening documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and reinvention of revered and reviled ’90s TV psychic Miss Cleo. Featuring interviews with celebrities and those closest to the self-proclaimed voodoo priestess, the film explores the many layers behind a complicated and charismatic figure.
Directed by Celia Aniskovich & Jennifer Brea
i just killed my dad
3-part TRUE CRIME docuseries
Editor
Anthony Templet shot his father and never denied it. But why he did is a complex question with profound implications that go far beyond one family.
Directed by Skye Borgman
AN ACT OF LOVE
Feature Documentary
Director, Producer, Editor & Writer
Rev. Frank Schaefer never set out to be an activist, but after officiating the same-sex wedding of his son, the United Methodist Church put him on trial, igniting a media firestorm. Schaefer's act of parental love for his gay son thrust him to the forefront of a decades-long movement for LGBTQ equality in the nation's second largest protestant denomination. This gripping documentary plays out like a courtroom drama, chronicling the Schaefer family's struggle and the divide in a mainstream church facing cultural shifts.
Winner of 8 awards, including "Best in the Fest" at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, "Audience Favorite" at the Mill Valley Film Festival, and "Best Documentary" at the Outflix Film Festival. This film has shown over 175 times at film festivals, community screenings, churches, universities, and theaters in the United States, Canada, Greece, and India.
Executive Produced by Pauley Perrette of NCIS.
Previously on Hulu. Currently available on DVD, Tubi, Pluto TV, Dekkoo, Kanopy, and all major VOD platforms.
Co-Directors Scott Sheppard & Jen Fodor with subject Howard Mordoh
THE DANCING MAN of l.A.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Co-Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor & Writer
One man dance party Howard Mordoh, a longtime fixture of the L.A. concert scene, copes with the canceled concerts and isolation of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-Produced with ITVS. Streaming on PBS Voices.
Best Documentary
Best Directing
Best Editing
MAGNOLIA’S HOPE
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Co-Producer & Editor
When three-year-old Magnolia Tesler was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome, her parents didn’t know what to do. This intimate, first-person documentary follows the Tesler family as they spring into action to cure their daughter from a rare, debilitating disorder.
Directed by AJ Tesler
Best Documentary
Best Editing
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTORICKSHAWS
Feature Documentary
Director, Producer, Cinematographer & Editor
Scott’s directorial debut. A personal documentary about his family history in India.
American sisters Sylvia, Sheila, and Sandy grew up on a mission compound at the edge of a jungle in South India. They loved their Indian childhoods, but their family left India in1959 and never returned. Until now.
The film follows the Seamands sisters on their first trip back to India in over fifty years. Sandy's son, Scott, documents the trip. Emotional and entertaining, their journey proves it's never too late to go home.
Premiered on Hulu and then Amazon Prime.
2020 CHAOS AND HOPE
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Additional Editor
2020 CHAOS AND HOPE brings together a diverse group of individuals and renowned experts, including frontline workers, everyday citizens, educators, activists, historians, scientists, and politicians as they reflect on the year 2020 and contemplate America’s future.
Directed by June Beallor
AMERICAN DREAM / AMERICAN KNIGHTMARE
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Additional Editor
From director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer), this documentary delves deep into the life and storied exploits of the iconic Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight, as well as the volatile and highly influential era in gangsta rap he presided over.
ERASING FAMILY
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Additional Editor
Young adults of divorced parents fight to reunite their families after being ripped apart by a punitive legal system dictated by profit motive.
Directed by Ginger Gentile
BE ABOUT IT
Short Documentary
Editor
The story of two fathers, two families, and their battle against chronic Hepatitis B, a potentially deadly disease impacting the Asian American community.
Directed by Christopher C.C. Wong
