All the films below have screened at film festivals;
the majority are available to view online.

My job was jack-of-all-trades writer-director-producer unless otherwise noted.

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An astonishingly profane tribute to our nation's greatest President.

Comedy Award, Washington DC Independent Film Festival, 2010.

Nominated for Best Actress, Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2009.

Award-winner, Chicago REEL Shorts Fest, 2009.

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A look at the gentrification of Williamsburg through the eyes of disillusioned Star Wars fans.

Best-in-category, ReelHeART International Film Festival, 2009.

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A short spinoff from The World of the End about the futility of summing up one's life in one page.

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The story of a girl getting halfway through her quarterlife crisis.

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Produced with Dana Silver, Northwestern University.

A lonely young man adopts a cat and imagines it as human.

Best Student Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2006.

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Produced with Elizabeth Petersen and Dana Silver,
Studio 22 Productions.

An experimental romantic comedy about the connections between love and filmmaking. Boy meets girl. Filmmaker makes movie about boy and girl. Stuff blows up.

"An audience pleaser… How can you not love a film with such spirit?… Love: The Movie gives us a promising director." — The Independent Critic

Nominated for Best Experimental / Alternative Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2005.

Best Student Comedy, Fargo Film Festival, 2005.

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Produced by Li-Wei Chu, Stephen Deline and Arielle Singh,
Studio 22 Productions.

A you-are-there, fly-on-the-wall look behind the scenes of a student film… specifically scene 4.

Nominated for Best Student Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2005.

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Producer only. Produced with Dave Holstein and David Cohen, Northwestern University; written and directed by Dave Holstein.

Philip's girlfriend is leaving him for his childhood bully and his two-bit job is going nowhere. Sometimes you gotta be yourself… sometimes you gotta go Hollywood.

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When a massive blackout tosses his slacker lifestyle into upheaval, Sparky Peterson is forced to amuse himself.

"Three stars… seems like a younger Woody Allen" — Film Threat (review)

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The Empire Strikes Back meets Run Lola Run: Princess Leia has twenty minutes to save Han Solo from being frozen in carbonite.

Best Animation, Star Walking convention, 2005.

Audience Award for Digital Animation, Downstream International Film Festival, 2003.

Starring Will Butler of Arcade Fire.

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A look at what two nice kids on a first date are really saying.

Starring Will Butler of Arcade Fire.

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