Commissioned by the UN and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the film tells of the renovation, history and purpose of the Security Council Chamber.
The film premiered at the inauguration of the Chamber on April 16 2013, with Secretry General Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
Credits: producer, director, shooter, co-editor.
This 30-minute film chronicles a grassroots trip through the Midwest by Bono of U2, Ashley Judd, Chris Tucker and Agnes Nyamayawo, as they meet with the people of the Midwest, senators, AIDS activists, church groups and others to discuss the AIDS emergency in Africa.
Credit: editor.
Anya, a young Russian immigrant, is the housekeeper to Mrs. Fotini, an eccentric and cranky old Greek widow from Istanbul. Despite their differences, they help one another cross a major threshold and in the process develop an unlikely friendship.
Credits: writer, producer, director, editor.
Funding: the Greek Film Center and the Hellenic National Television.
Awards: Best Balkan Film and Best Female Actor at the Drama International Short Film Festival.
Festivals: the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
TV distribution: ARTE, France, ERT (Hellenic National Television).
TYCO PARKS THE CAR is a short film about Tyco, an unemployed Broadway dancer, faced with the responsibility of parking a very old car in a very busy city. When Tyco's pregnant wife surprises him with a 1993 Mercury Sable, his life turns into a living hell. Figuring out when to move, where to move, and just getting to the car on time proves very challenging and Tyco manages to score plenty of tickets. Along the way, he meets a friendly car parker named Kevin and suddenly his luck changes.
Credits: producer, director, editor.
Festivals: Chelsea Film Festival, Coney Island Film Festival, Holly Shorts Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival.
Funding: successful Kickstarter campaign.
New York City is home to 2.8 million immigrants from 185 countries. In '90 Minutes' we follow a diverse group of New Yorkers from the 32 countries participating in the 2006 World Cup, as they experience the tournament in the city. We get a peak into their lives, dreams and passion for the game.
Credits: producer, shooter.
INTO THE WATER is the story of Kristina, a former LAPD officer who was shot and paralyzed from the chest down. The bullet that severed her spine also irrevocably damaged her sexual relationship with her husband. Tim and Kristina give a brutally honest account of their loss and struggle to rebuild the relationship.
Credits: co-producer/director, shooter.
A short portrait of a unique New Yorker named Tony who despite the loss of his sight manages to navigate through life with grace and wisdom.
Credits: co-producer, editor.
To commemorate its 40th birthday in 2010, The International Peace Institute made a movie of its history.
The film contains footage of IPI's origins in 1970 as the International Peace Academy when its primary responsibility was training United Nations peacekeepers and traces its evolution into an independent think tank with its current mission of promoting the prevention and settlement of conflict through policy research.
Credits: co-producer, director, shooter, editor.
SHADOWBOXER brings the issues of female teenage violence into focus through the story of a sixteen year-old girl named Reena. The film explores, perhaps explains, how and why adolescents like her, whose lives are clouded by poverty, abuse and neglect, resort to violence as their last defense and become emotionally disengaged from their own actions…making Reena, like so many other kids today- a sixteen-year-old behind bars.
Credits: writer, producer, editor.
Funding: the New York State Council on the Arts, the Laura Napor National Film Grant, and the Manhattan Council on the Arts.
Awards: Grand Jury Best Short at Nodance Film Festival, Best Mid-length Film at Brest International Short Film Festival, Silver Award for Directing at Worldfest Houston.
Distant sniper fire brings a woman back to the raw suffering of her recent violation.
Credits: writer, producer, director.
Awards: Wasserman Award, Carl Lerner Award for socially conscious films, Garnd Prix at the Brest International Short Film Festival, Targa Fedic Prize at Mostra Internazionale di Montecatini.
Festivals: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
