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FREELANCE PROJECTS

IMPOSTER'S GAMBLE

2023 | Feature Film | Writer, Executive Producer

In development. Exclusive rights to the story of the Stanford University imposter student who was caught in 2022.

AND THE TREE WAS HAPPY

2021 | Short film | Writer, Director, Editor

A dark adaptation of The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. When Tree and Boy meet, they have an instant connection and form a relationship together. But over time, Boy turns controlling and manipulative, leaving Tree helpless and confused.

LOST WORDS

2018 | Feature film | Writer

A family is thrown into deep emotional conflict when their 60 year old matriarch battles a brain disease that tests her will to live and ability to speak. Emm struggles with the balance of being a mother while being a caregiver to her own. Her daughter’s hope lightens the despair of it all. 

SOCIAL CURRENCY

2021 | Short Film | Co-Creator/ Writer
Wes, an intuitive, laid back, and socially awkward teenager over analyzes and criticizes the social system at his high school. Him and his best friend Liz satirically come up with a game titled Social Currency which consists of points and a rank system to climb to the top of the social hierarchy of high school. Eventually Wes gets obsessed with the game and sacrifices the thing most important to him.

SUBCONSCIOUS

2020 | Short film | Co-Writer/Script Supervisor

When Aloe, a dark, depressing girl gets set up on a date, she meets Venice, a boy oddly similar to her. The two of them harshly comment on others in a restaurant, while being stereotypical and hurtful, leading to a connection between them both. Venice deceives Aloe, and she gets sucked into a dream-like state, where she realizes Venice is actually her subconscious and she must change. 

CSM: CRAZY STAGE MOM

2017 | Short film | Writer

Beatrice, a spunky girl, takes on life as an actress in the entertainment business, while also trying to manage being a normal high school student. She yearns to please her overbearing mother, yet feels like she cannot live up to her expectations. When an opportunity arises for her mother to be on a reality TV show, Beatrice does not hesitate, sparking a positive change within their relationship. 

ZOOM MITZVAH

2020 | Comedy sketch | Co-Writer/Producer/Editor

What does a tipsy grandma, R-rated virtual backgrounds, and the Torah have in common? A Zoom Mitzvah! Due to Covid-19, the newly 13 year old, Benjamin Eisenburger, adapts to a virtual bar mitzvah. As his wacky family celebrates his adulthood, they encounter a hacker which provokes some unexpected surprises. 

AND THE TREE WAS HAPPY

A zero budget passion project: A modern retelling of The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein


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