And The Iron Did Swim :TN
Artistic Director
Independent multi-platform documentary
Artistic Director, videographer and photographer of unique interdisciplinary documentary arts project involving occupational folklore, photography, oral histories, multimedia and original art, documenting a landmark iron foundry upon its demolition. Phase One: Solo Photography exhibit at Tanner Hill Gallery May 2009. Phase Two: fundraising and oral histories in progress. Recipient Lyndhurst Foundation's Create Here Make|Work Grant; Recipient Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant. www.foundrypublishing.com
Higher Ground, Common Ground :TN
Director/writer/producer 2008
Video short 2008 Produced in conjunction with Chattanooga History Center, Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, and the Highland Park Neighborhood Association. A short look at the long history of one of Chattanooga’s oldest and most interesting neighborhoods.
WTCI Public Television - Chattanooga History Makers TN
Producer/Writer - 2006
Produced with the Chattanooga local PBS affiliate, WTCI, and the Chattanooga History Center, featuring short biography profiles of distinguished citizens who were the inaugural recipients of the annual HistoryMakers Award. Event, online and cable television screenings.
One Road :TN
Director/videographer/supervising editor
Independent documentary short - 2006
A short documentary following the team of Cherokee artists who created the award- winning Passage large scale public art installation on Ross' Landing. The short premiered at Harvard Design School Loeb Fellowship Conference, "The Soul of Place" May 2005; also screened at Hunter Museum of American Art July 2006. Festival debut at The Nashville Film Festival's Tennessee Film Makers event; screened at The Asheville Film Festival, and The Memphis On Location Film Festival. www.oneroadmovie.com
How To Live Forever :TN
Director/Videographer - currently on hold.
Story follows what becomes of a beloved felled tree from the center of a popular riverfront park, Coolidge Park, in Chattanooga, TN, after being struck by lightening, removed, sawed apart and lotteried off to over 40 area artisans and crafts people. A new life is created from nearly every inch of the tree.
