I am from Berkeley, California. After attending UC Berkeley and the Sorbonne in Paris, France, I got my MFA from USC in Film Production.

• Winner-Best Set Design, Nominee-Best Film, Boston Film Festival, for the 'The Insect Chorus'. 2006
• Grand Prize Winner, Fuji Film Photography Award, 2005
• Award Winner, International Photography Awards, 2004
• Exhibitor, The Visitors Show, Los Angeles, Ca., 2003 and 2004
• Award Winner, Nikon College Photography Contest, 2004
• Participant and scholarship recipient in Cannes Film Festival Student Program, May 2001
• Participant in Telluride Film Festival Student Symposium, August 2001
• KODAK-sponsored photographer.