short film 2024
A grieving book publisher embarks on a Surrealist odyssey (a dérive) throughout New York City, experiencing a series of spontaneous connections before arriving at Coney Island, where a renegade circus duo help her release her ex-wife's ashes in a whimsical grief ritual. Shot in over fifteen locations throughout NYC, Dérive is a visual treatise on the art of wandering and a cinematic love letter to the oddball characters, serendipitous encounters, and hidden places that await us when we dare to wander.
Winner: Outstanding Directorial Style (Brooklyn Film Festival) and Best Comedic Short (Woods Hole Film Festival).
:: Dérive ::
A solitary composer hires a somatic grief doula after the death of his wife leaves him emotionally numb and unable to compose music. World Premiere at Breckenridge Film Festival.
short film 2023
:: Lullaby ::
:: Shanghai Baby ::
Teaser from my documentary about the Shanghai Jews and one man's journey from yeshiva to Woodstock.