Director/Producer
NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AUTISM IS FOR LIFE
HBO, 2017
Branded 3-minute short film for Jon Stewart's Night of Too Many Stars autism benefit, broadcast live on HBO. This was the story about older Autistic individuals and end-of-life concerns of their caregiver parents. Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Niehausen, Executive Producers for Lucky Two Productions.
Producer
THE LEPRECHAUN'S WIFE
Gidalya Pictures, 2016
This award-winning documentary short film is a portrait of an extraordinary woman living on the autism spectrum. Sondra Williams was misdiagnosed and institutionalized for many of her early years. Now married and a mother of 4 children also on the spectrum, she is a national advocate for the rights of others on the spectrum. Directed by Alexandra Shiva.
World Premiere + Audience Award : San Francisco Shorts Film Festival
Director/Producer/Editor
SALEM SKETCHES
BTG Productions, 2014
Two branded short films for the Salem Film Fest documentary film festival. The festival invited filmmakers to capture some of the local flavor of the historic town that's a lot more than witches! These films have been used ever since as trailers before festival film screenings.
Director/Producer/Editor
NANGCHEN SHORTS
BTG Productions, 2011
A triptych of branded short films for the Rubin Foundation about life in remote, rural Tibet. They were filmed in and around Kala Rongo, a Buddhist Monastery exclusively for women in Kham, Tibet. Each film, together and separate, has played at film festivals around the world.
In Water a Tibetan woman collects water near her family's yak farm, in a ritual that takes her an hour to complete. In 2019 it became part of the Italian educational curriculum raising awareness of the 17 goals of the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ritual Objects explores three traditional Buddhist rituals via the implements that are used in them: prayer wheel, procession and torma. In Tsampa, a young nun quietly preparing tsampa in a traditional yak tent, and are treated to a brief lesson in how to make eating a mindful act.
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Director/Producer/Executive Producer
MAH-JONGG: THE TILES THAT BIND
BTG Productions, 1998
Multiple award-winning short film that is a light-hearted yet deeply moving portrait of the Asian- and Jewish-American women who play this centuries-old Chinese game. It is a bridge connecting seemingly unlike individuals, spanning generations, continents and cultures of the past, now and always. Click to learn more