ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
2005-2009 Jean Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures,
Documentary series on the world’s oceans featuring the
Cousteau family. Aired nationally on PBS (KQED)

2005-2009 Truly California, Documentary series featuring films
about California. (KQED)

2008 & 2004 Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way and More Fast
Food My Way, Two seasons of a 26 part, half hour cooking
show.Aired nationally on PBS (KQED)

2007 Quest, weekly half-hour series on science, environment, and
nature in the Bay Area. (KQED)

2005-2009 This Week in Northern California, weekly half-hour
Northern California public affairs series. Fill-in AP when
regular Producer or AP is away. (KQED)

2006 Mind of China, Four part documentaries series on modern
China. The series is a co-production with Granada
Television in the UK. Aired nationally on PBS. (KQED)

2005-2006 The Josh Kornbluth Show, Half-hour interview show series. (KQED) 2003 Weir Cooking in the City, 26 part,
half hour cooking show hosted by Joanne Weir. (KQED)

2002 Hope on the Street, hour long documentary on mental
illness and homelessness. Aired nationally on PBS. (KQED)

2002 Children and Asthma, an hour long documentary on the
causes of asthma in children. Aired nationally on PBS.
(KQED)

2002 A Look Back at Willie Brown, a half hour documentary on
San Francisco’s retiring mayor. (KQED)

2001 Power Play, an hour special produced with three other
California PBS stations on the energy crisis in California.
(KQED)

2001 Heart of the Game, an hour long documentary on baseball
and the relationships it fosters. (KQED)

2000 The Price of Prosperity, Parts One & Two, Two one hour
documentaries on the thriving Northern California economy
and the negative effects on middle class and poor families
being priced out of the area in which they work. (KQED)

2000 Voting Counts, A six part mini-documentary series on why
people vote. (KQED)

1999 The Fillmore: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco, a 90 minute documentary on a San Francisco neighborhood
ruined by a redevelopment plan implemented by the local
government. Aired nationally on PBS (KQED)

1997-1998 Collectible Treasures, Associate Producer and
Researcher for series on collectors and collections. Aired
nationally on Home and Garden Network. (Edelman
Productions, Corte Madera, CA)

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
2009 Wasted! an independently produced hour long look at water pollution in California and impact it has on the state’s
citizens. (Potrero Industries)
2008 Working for Water, a half hour exploration of the people who make up the California State and Regional Water
Quality Control Board. Shown as part of a training course
or new water board employees and as a recruitment tool.
(Potrero Industries, Frank Films, California State
Water Board)
2007 The War: Bay Area Stories, KQED’s hour-long high
definition examination of the affect of World War Two
on the lives of Bay Area residents. (KQED)
2006 One Winter Story, an experimentally shot independent
documentary on the life of big wave surf pioneer
Sarah Gerhardt. (Frank Films)
2004 Costal Clash, Hour-long KQED high definition documentary on the problems facing our coastlines. Aired nationally
on PBS. (KQED)
2002 American Family Portraits, A series of six, ten minute
mini-documentaries on local families created for KQED.
Aired nationally on PBS (KQED)

SEGMENT PRODUCER
2008 Spark, A segment on the opening of Yoshi’s jazz club in San Francisco’s Fillmore neighborhood. (KQED)

2008 Voting Counts II, Created two segments as part of a six part mini-documentary series on new citizens and
voting.(KQED)

ARCHIVAL RESEARCHER
2009 Kesey (WT), Archival Footage and Photo Researcher for documentary, Jigsaw Productions, New York, NY

2008 Milk, Archival Footage Researcher for feature film, Fulcrum Media Services, San Anselmo, CA

1997 The American Experience: The Year 1900; Photo and Archive Researcher for documentary, David Grubin
Productions, New York City, NY

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Independent Documentary Film: One Winter Story

Winner: le Prix de l'Aileron du Meilleur Film de Surf 2007
(Grand Prize: Best Surf Film of 2007) 2007 International
Surf Film Festival du St. Jean de Luz, France
Winner: Caracola de Bronce (Jury Selection Award);
Premio Alma (Best Script Award); Premio Academia
Olimpica Espanola (Special Spanish Olympic Committee
Award); 2007 Santander Sports Film Festival,
Cantabria, Spain
Winner: Best Surf Bio Pic, 2006 Santa Cruz International
Film Festival
Winner: Audience Choice Award, Ocean Film Festival
2007, San Francisco, CA
Nominated: Best Biography; Best Cinematography;
Best Original Score; 2007 X-Dance, Park City, Utah
Input 2007: Nominated to represent the United States at
the International Input Competition in Berlin, Germany
Awarded the First Annual Bay Area Women In Film and Television/General Motors Distribution/Marketing/Festival
Travel Grant.

Television Documentary and Series

Five Northern California Regional Emmy Awards
Gold Plaque awarded to The Fillmore, Documentary:
History/Biography category, Chicago International Film
Festival TV Fest International Television Competition

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