Résumé

Education
Pennsylvania Western University - Edinboro PA  
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Media Arts, concentration in digital filmmaking, projected December 2026​

Dean's List: Fall 2024 - Fall 2025.
Minors:  Creative Writing, Art History​

Classes of Note: Narrative Filmmaking, Color and Image Enhancement, Digital Audio and the Moving Image, Nonfiction Filmmaking, Cinema History, Introduction to Digital Filmmaking, Introduction to Photography, 3D Animation Principles

 

Mars Area High School - Mars PA  
High School Diploma, graduated with High Honors​

Classes of Note: Film Studies, Video Production, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science Applications, AP European History

Technology Skills
Software: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Substance Painter, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Audacity, MuseScore, Krita, QLab, ROCS Show Ready, ROCS Stage Tracks,  Maya.
Technical: Principles of design, file server workflow, audio engineering, camera operation, boom and audio recording equipment operation, digital video and audio editing, music / score composition and performance, social media management, theatrical lighting design, theatrical sound design, Java proficiency,  Java Script proficiency, general programing proficiency.

Filmography

Credentials (2025) Narrative Film. Two men going for the same job discover the dichotomy between experience & privilege.

• Personal Responsibilities: Director, dialogue editor, composer.

• Honors & Awards:

  • Official Selection, Altoona Reel Festival, Altoona, Pennsylvania 2025
  • Official Selection, Anatolia International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey 2025
  • Best Student Film Honorable Mention, American Golden Picture International Film Festival, Jacksonville, Florida 2025
  • ​Honorable Mention, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival Athens, Greece 2025​

Basecoats to Battlefields (2025) Documentary. A profile on the Griffon's Lair and it's miniature painting.

• Personal Responsibilities: Assistant Director, camera operator.

• Honors & Awards:

  • Official Selection, Northeast International Documentary and Film Festival, Guwahati, India 2025

  • Official Selection, Arte Non Stop Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2025

  • Best Documentary, The Monthly Film Festival, Glasgow, United Kingdom 2025​

  • Official Selection, The Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions Pinewood Studios, England 2025

Lux Umbra (2025) Narrative Animated Film. A man struggles with the reality of going blind.

• Personal Responsibilities: Composer, audio editor.

Tribe of Steel (2024) Documentary. A profile on the Pittsburgh Steeline as they prepare for game day. ​​

• Personal Responsibilities: Production sound, visual editor, talent relations.

• Honors & Awards:

  • Best Short Documentary, Medusa Online Film Festival, 2025.

  • Best Documentary, Bestlov Online Film Festival, 2025.

  • Best Student Film, Bestlov Online Film Festival, 2025.

  • People's Choice Winner, DigiFest Film Festival, Temecula, California, 2025.

  • Official Selection, Sports & Entertainment Film Festival, Birmingham, Alabama, 2025.

  • Official Selection, Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2025.

  • Official Selection, The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions, Pinewood Studios, England, UK 2025.

  • Honorable Mention, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Athens, Greece 2025.

  • Official Selection, The Music Dance Screenings Film Festival Consonance, Tbilisi, Georgia 2025.

  • Honorable Mention, The Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival, Alexandria, Virginia 2025.

Power of Permeance (2024) Documentary. Profile on the Tattarrattat Body Art Studio in Edinboro PA.

• Personal Responsibilities: Assistant gaffer.

• Honors & Awards:

  • Official Selection, LA Punk Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, 2025.

  • Official Selection, Loss Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, 2025

  • Official Selection, The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions Pinewood Studios, England, UK 2025.

  • Quarter Finalist, Zepstone International Film & Music Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah 2025.

Espionage 7: The Final Hour  (2024) Narrative film. Spy-superhero film of warring factions.

• Personal Responsibilities: Production assistant for lights, camera, and other various grip work.

Soleless (2024) Narrative short film. A young man must tie his shoe on the run from divine intervention.​​

• Personal Responsibilities: Camera operation, visual editor.

• Honors & Awards:

  • Official Selection, The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions Pinewood Studios, England, UK 2024.

  • Featured Short, Short Films Matter 2025.

  • Honorable Mention, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Athens, Greece 2025.

Echoes (2024) Narrative short film. Three friends attempt to make a loud echo through their window.

• Personal Responsibilities: Production sound and dialogue/audio editing.

It Might Have Been A Dream (?) (2023) Narrative short film. Three subjects going about their routine find an anomaly.​

• Personal Responsibilities: Director, producer, editor; sole creator. 

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Photography Awards

Tranquility Macro nature photography.

• Honors & Awards:

  • Honorable Mention, Lookout Wild Film Festival, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2026

  • Official Selection, International Photography and Short Movie Festival, Bandung, Indonesia 2025

 

Theater Productions

Battle of the One Acts (2025)

• Technical Director, lighting design, lightboard operation.

• PR Team Member, director & editor of cast interviews.

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (2025)

• Co-director for Edinboro Theater's 2025 production.

• Technical Director, lighting and sound design, sound and lightboard operation.

• Choreography lead (stage combat).

• Co-Production designer.

• Actor: Kronos

Dial M For Murder (2025)​

• Technical Director, lighting and sound design, sound and lightboard operation.

Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (2024)

• Assistant director for Edinboro Theater's 2024 production.

• Technical Director, lighting and sound design, sound and lightboard operation.

Out of the Frying Pan: A Stage Play (2024) Narrative one act. A detective and her nemesis have their final encounter. ​

• Script writer and director for Edinboro Theater's 2024 production of "Battle of the One Acts".

• Technical Director for entire Battle of the One Acts production. Lighting and sound design, sound and lightboard operation.

• Camera operator and editor.

All Shook Up (2024)

• Assistant Technical Director, sound and lightboard operation.

• Construction crew.

I & You (2024)

• Assistant Technical Director, sound and lightboard operation.

Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (2024)

• Assistant Technical Director, sound design, sound and lightboard operation.

• Composer for custom music tracks.

• Construction crew.

• Actor: Goyle, Death Buddy

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2023)

• Assistant Technical Director, sound and lightboard operation.

• Choreography lead (stage combat).

• Construction crew.

Work Experience

Department Tour Guide - PennWest Edinboro, Edinboro PA, October 2025 - present.

• Art department tour guide.

• Office administration

• Clerical organization and mail delivery

Lab Aide - PennWest Philm, Edinboro PA, August 2025 - present.

• Campus film and photography lab aid.

• Teaching assistant and equipment repair

• Promotional video editing

Video Production & Social Media Lead- Two Mystic Mamas Podcast, Pittsburgh PA, May - September 2025.

• Internships Summer 2025.

• Video recording and visual editing for short form, long form, and full video podcast episodes.

• YouTube Channel Management

• General creative consultant

Barista - Starbucks, Cranberry PA / Erie PA, May 2024 - September 2025.

• Restaurant upkeep, food safe food preparation and service.

• Conflict de-escalation and crisis management.

Percussion Instructor - Hampton High School, Hampton PA, May 2024 - present.

• Instructing and directing high school musicians in the execution of  AAAA competitive marching band and Scholastic A indoor percussion performances for the BOA, PIMBA, TRWEA, and WGI circuits. 

• Research regarding styles of marching, musicianship, and performing to best suit student needs.  

Musician - Pittsburgh Steeline, Pittsburgh PA, June 2023 - present.

• Memorization and execution of high level percussion music and drill for performance.

• Excel organization regarding scheduling and staff deployment.

• Organization of documentation over Google Workspace and Dropbox.

Shift Manager & Team Member - Noodles and Company, Cranberry PA, August 2020 - August 2023.

• Restaurant upkeep, team collaboration and communication, as well as consistent and high standards in the preparation and creation of food products.

• Labor tracking and earnings throughout each shift, as well as staff deployment.

• Administering restaurant security measures at the close of each shift.

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Community Service and Organization Experience

Invited Events

• Guest Speaker for Mars High School's Film Studies Class, May, 2025.

• Invited Screening of  Credentials (2025) with Mars High School's Film Studies Class, May, 2025.

• Invited Screening of  Tribe of Steel (2024) with Mars High School's Film Studies Class, May, 2025.

• Invited Screening of  Echoes (2024) with Mars High School's Film Studies Class, May, 2025.

• Invited Screening of  Tribe of Steel (2024) with Hampton Indoor Percussion, December, 2024.

Treasurer - Alpha Psi Omega Gamma Kappa - National Theatre Honors Society, Edinboro PA,

May 2024 - present.

• Organization of all organization receipts and expenses.

• Reporting and monitoring on financial status of the organization.

• Facilitating reimbursement checks from fellow organization members.

• Conflict de-escalation and crisis management.

Treasurer - Dramatic Activities, Edinboro PA, May 2024 - present.

• Organization of all organization receipts and expenses.

• Reporting and monitoring on financial status of the organization.

• Facilitating reimbursement checks from fellow organization members.

Treasurer - University Players, Edinboro PA, May 2024 - May 2025.

• Organization of all organization receipts and expenses.

• Reporting and monitoring on financial status of the organization.

• Facilitating reimbursement checks from fellow organization members.

Secretary- Moving Picture's Guild, Edinboro PA, December - May 2025.

• Logging of meeting minutes and planning for organization.

• Regular upkeep of  membership roster.

• Film workshop creation and leading.