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AWARDS & HONORS

DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY

FILM

“A Film by Vera Vaughn” – short film (co-writer and director)
    Official Selection – Short of the Week, Portland FF, Maryland FF, Nashville FF, Brooklyn FF, Capital City FF
    Best Narrative Short – Sidewalk Film Festival
    Staff Pick – Vimeo

“The Trial of Barnaby Finch" – short film (writer and co-director)
    Official Selection – NY Shorts Fest, LA Shorts Fest, Hawaii Shorts Fest, Nikehawk Shorts
    Best Writer – The One Show
    Staff Pick – Vimeo    

“Ascent” – short film
    Official Selection – Berkshires International Film Festival
    Official Selection – Santa Cruz Film Festival

“Love & Stuff” – short film (also writer)
    Best Short Film, Best Editing – Intn’l Festival of Cinema and Technology
    Best Overall – NY Shorts Fest
    Golden Bear – Festival of Nations

“76 Spade” – short film (also writer)            
    Winner Best Dramatic Short – Spokane FF

COMMERCIALS

Citibank / Publicis (New York)
    “Connections”, :30; “From Here To There”, :30

Houston Methodist / Wong Doody (Los Angeles)
    “Personalization”, :30; “Pioneering Expertise”, :30; “Helping Bodies Heal”, :30; “Better Precision”, :30; “Unrivaled Innovation”, :30; “Staying Ahead”, :30; “Personalized Care”, :30; “Access 2.0”, :30

San Diego Zoo / David & Goliath (Los Angeles)
    “Thank You For Being a Friend”, :60; “Superheroes”, :30

Highmark / In-House (East Coast)
    “Travis”, :30; “Sean”, :30; “JJ”, :30; “Chris”, :30; “Gina”, :30; “Derrick”, :30

Blue Cross of Idaho / Legrand (Texas)
    “What Matters Most”, :60

Blue Cross Members / Legrand (Texas)
    “Wiscombes”, :60; “Thompsons”, :60

Rocket Mortgage / In-House (Detroit)
    “Spa”, :30; “Yard”, :30; “Lawn”, :30; “Pool”, :30

Spectrum / Crow Creative (New York)
    “Speed”, :45;

Aetna / In-House (Boston)
    “Dedication”, :60; “No Distractions”, :60; “Push the Limit”, :60; 
“Routine”, :60; “Take the Shot”, :60;

National Woman’s Soccer League / Lifetime (NYC)
   “Future”, :30; Dish Networks, :30

ESPN - Burger King / BPG (Los Angeles)
    “Dunk”, :30

PNC Bank / Footsteps (New York)
    “Cash Flow”, :30; "Wealth Insight", :30

PHRMA / Y&R (New York)
    “Do Not Go Gentle”, :60; "Go Boldly", :60 “Cells”, :30

Radio City Rockettes / Martin (Richmond)
    “Christmas Spectacular”, :30

Essure / McCann (New York)
    “Date Night”, :30

Hoover / Johannes Leonardo (New York)
    “The Messy Years”, :30

Pacific Life / In House
    “Chalk”, :30, “Gallery”, :30

Persil / BBDO (Munich, Germany)
    “Snap”, :30

Firefox / Occam (Texas)
    “Anniversary”, :60

Nationwide / McKinney (Raleigh)
    "Fishing", :30

Baylor Hospital / Revel (Dallas)
    "Servants", :60 (anthem)

Famous Footwear / Y&R (Chicago)
    "Christmas Holiday", :30, :15; “Little Victories”, :30

Don Julio Tequila / Colangelo (New York)
    "Revelation", :30; "Courage", :30

Famous Footwear / Y&R (Chicago)
    "Little Victories", :30 (anthem), 3 x :15

PNC / Duetsch (New York)
    "Retirement Advice", 8 x ~4:00 testimonials

P&G / Grey (New York)
    "Everyday Effect", :60 (anthem)

GMC-NFL / Digitas (Boston)
    "Legends on Legends", 17 x ~2:00 testimonials

Live Out Loud / Duetsch (New York)
    "What you learned…" PSA, 4 x :30

Mizuno / McKinney (Durham)
    “Mezamashi", :60 (anthem), 4 x :60 (documentary)
    Creative Media Award; Webby Honoree

Preservision / BM (New York)
    "My Vision", :30

Envive / BM (New York)
    "Switched", :30

Sesame Street / SSK (New York)
    Interviews for fundraiser

Assurance Wireless / MPG Direct (New York)
    “Kitchen Table Testimonials”, 6 x :30

COR / MKM (Edmonton)
    “COR Safety”, :30
    Best Television Production, ACE Awards

PNC Bank / Duetsch (New York)
    “Wealth Insight”, 3 x 3:00

Alberta Health / Calder Bateman (Edmonton)
    “Don't You Get It”, 2 x :30

Integra Tire / MKM (Edmonton)
    “Car Love”, 4 x :30

Motorola / Ogilvy (New York)
    “Birthday”, 2:00; “History of Zoom”, 3:00

Alberta Teacher's Association / Tag (Calgary)        
    “Alberta's Future” :30

Bank of America / Organic/BBDO (Detroit/New York)        
    “ATM” 7 integrated films

Medicine Shoppe / MKM (Vancouver)    
    “Cabinet” 2 x :30 broadcast

Ikea / Ogilvy (New York)
    “Improve Your Life” 2 x :60 spec

Bristol Meyers Squibb / McCann Erickson (New York)
    “Prevail” 4 x :30 broadcast

Metamucil / Publicis (New York)
    “Lowering” :30 broadcast

New York City Service / BBH (New York)
    “Blank” - 4 x :30 broadcast campaign

JCPenny / Saatchi & Saatchi (New York)
    “Back to School” Website Teen Hub

Ad Council / NYC Dept. of Ed. – Digitas (New York)    
    “I Teach NY” :60, :30, :15

ING – BBDO (Atlanta)
    “Your Number” N/A (interactive micro-site)
    Gold – MIXX Awards

Geek Squad/Best Buy – CPBGroup (Boulder)
    “Wireless” 4:00, :30; “Underwater Theater” 4:00, :30; “Inverse Microwave” 4:00, :30

Glenrose Hospital – MKM (Edmonton)    
    “Courage” :30

AOL – AKQA (New York)
    “Where are they now?” :60

Helio – Getty Stock (New York)
    “Bubbles” :90

Delta – CAA
    “Force For Global Good” PSA, 3:30

MTV-3 – C.O.D. (Miami)
    “Surgery” :30; “Leaving You” :30; “Gone” :30; “Getting Ready” :30; “Shower” :30
    Gold – Addy Awards

Cinemedia / The One Show – Agency 212 (New York)
    “Caught” :60; “Paparazzi” :60; “Stalker” :60

Alberta Health – MKM- (Edmonton)
    “Launch” :30; “Team” :30; “Chairs” :30; “Home” :30; “Emergency” :30; “Hospital” :30

Mr. Lube – Rethink – (Vancouver)
    “30 Million” :30; “30 Years” :15, :30; “Coffee” :30

Healthy U – DDB Canada
    “Let’s Go” :30; “Casserole” :30
    Award of Distinction – Advertising Club of Edmonton

Scope (test)
    “Beautiful Mornings” :30
    Winner 2005 CFP-E Young Director Award at Cannes

NY Lotto (test)
    “Parkbench” :30

Bush-In-30-Seconds
    “Dubya The Defender” :30        
    Finalist

HBO’s Deadwood (test)
    “Roy” :60

ESPN Streetball (test)
    “Play” :60

Nike (test)
    “Escalator” - :30

American Express – Digitas
    “Finding Fulfillment” 2:00; “A Second Career” 2:00
    Hatch Award for Best Online Advertising

EPISODIC WEBISODES

Toyota // Saatchi & Saatchi // “Anatomy of a Socially Awkward Situation” Season 1 (also co-writer)
AOL // “Chatting With Chenkov” – pilot (also writer)
NBC-Universal // “Oralick Records” – pilot
AOL // “Joe Hero” – pilot (also writer)

MUSIC VIDEOS

The Raveonettes – Love Sounds
American Hi-fi – The Art of Losing
Stereophonics – Have A Nice Day
Chris Whitley – Radar
Les Sans Culottes – Les Sauvages
David Poe – Childbearing; Love is Red
Gogol Bordello – Skawach
MC Paul Barman – MTV Sucks

EXPERIMENTAL

Walking Haiku (writer)    
    1st prize winner of Ten Second Film Competition