Film Director

Film Director — Starlight Narrative Group

Los Angeles, CA | June 2023 – Present

• Directed 2 independent narrative feature films with combined budgets of $3.2M, achieving a 14% under-budget variance and securing distribution deals with major streaming networks.
• Supervised cast and crew sizes of up to 65 professionals across 28-day principal photography windows, maintaining zero safety incidents and reducing scheduled shoot days by 12%.
• Orchestrated post-production workflows alongside 5 lead editors and sound designers, reducing post-production cycle times by 18 days through automated color-grading pipelines.
• Managed relationships with SAG-AFTRA representatives and talent agents, ensuring 100% contract compliance and negotiating terms that reduced actor-related overrun fees by 25%.

Commercial Director — Silverline Commercials

Austin, TX | July 2020 – May 2023

• Directed 14 television and digital commercials for regional and national brands, generating a combined average viewer engagement rate increase of 28% for client campaigns.
• Controlled project budgets ranging from $150,000 to $600,000, optimizing scheduling to deliver all projects 100% on time while saving a total of $45,000 in rental equipment costs.
• Collaborated with creative directors and storyboard artists to pitch concept treatments to 18 prospective clients, achieving a 64% pitch win rate that secured $2.1M in agency billing.
• Managed 3-stage pre-production pipelines (location scouting, casting, and script breakdown) for projects with tight turnaround times, reducing prep latency by 20%.

Creative direction, Script breakdown, Storyboarding, Cast and crew leadership, SAG-AFTRA contract compliance, Production budgeting, Post-production oversight, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Draft, DaVinci Resolve, Shot Lister, StudioBinder, Frame.io, Color grading

The Horizon Line

Role: Director

Tools: Final Draft, Shot Lister, Adobe Premiere Pro, Frame.io

Directed a 94-minute dramatic feature with a budget of $1.8M, delivering the final cut 10 days ahead of schedule and achieving a 92% positive rating on critical review platforms.

Pulse Campaign

Role: Director

Tools: Storyboard Pro, StudioBinder, DaVinci Resolve

Directed a 3-spot commercial campaign for a national consumer brand, reducing estimated studio shoot time by 16% and driving a 34% increase in digital engagement.

• DaVinci Resolve Certified User (2022)
• Avid Media Composer Certified User (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Affiliations: Active member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA)
• Availability: Immediate for project-based contracts