Fresh off of two fellowships with Sundance’s prestigious Collab program, I’m currently developing original IP for two distinct narrative projects, each rooted in a different corner of the American working-class experience.

1. Limited Series, political thriller, legal drama— THE EXTREMIST is a David vs. Goliath political thriller about an outspoken American History professor targeted by a repressive government that orchestrates her arrest and imprisonment and the movement that rises up to overturn the case brought against her.  Inspired by real events.

2. Feature-length road-trip love story — It’s 1934, and San Francisco photographer Dorothea Lange is at a crossroads. Sacrificing herself for years to support her artist husband and children as a portrait photographer, making a name for herself as an artist, has remained elusive. When U.C. Berkeley economics professor Paul Taylor invites her to photograph the rise of the migrant labor movement, she sets off on a road trip through the California highways and byways where mutual passions become undeniable and her artistry and purpose find their focus for the first time. But to ignite a revolution through her lens, she must risk everything she holds dear. Part road-trip, part love story, and based on 18 pivotal months in the true story of photographer Dorothea Lange, we experience how a series of courageous acts and the power of the image transform the nation’s compassion for the rural poor and working class. For more information, please request the pitch deck.