Phragile Ecosystem
ROLE: Co-Director, Co-Cinematographer, Co-Editor
SYNOPSIS: This film was created as part of the 2025 Jackson Wild Media Lab. In just five days, we wrote, shot, edited, and premiered the film at the Jackson Wild Summit. Phragile Ecosystem follows the work of Teton County Weed and Pest and their mission to study and eradicate invasive species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a fight that sometimes requires investigative approaches.
Reef Response: The Deep Outplanting Project
ROLE: Producer, Underwater Cinematographer, Drone Pilot, Additional Footage
SYNOPSIS: In 2023, as record ocean heat fueled one of history’s worst coral bleaching events, scientists, divers, and students at the University of the Virgin Islands raced to save vulnerable corals through the Deep Outplanting Project, moving them to deeper reefs where restoration, research, and resilience converge.
Through the Ghut: A Ridge to Reef Story
ROLE: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
SYNOPSIS: At the University of the Virgin Islands, researchers follow rainwater from hillside ghuts to coral reefs, revealing how sediment, nutrients, and human activity shape the fragile ecosystems of the U.S. Virgin Islands and guiding efforts to protect them.
Forgotten Shorelines
ROLE: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
SYNOPSIS: In the U.S. Virgin Islands, volunteers work together to clean the territory’s “forgotten shorelines,” from tangled mangroves to remote offshore cays, showing the persistence, teamwork, and hope needed to restore these fragile coastal habitats.
PBS NOVA - Building Stuff: Change It!
ROLE: Underwater Cinematographer, Drone Pilot
SYNOPSIS: Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are developing underwater robots with sensors, microphones, and cameras to monitor reef health—and even identify thriving reefs by listening to their natural sounds.
Mangroves in the Classroom: A Climate Resilience Project in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
ROLE: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
SYNOPSIS: In the U.S. Virgin Islands, a high school science teacher—once a student in the same classrooms—has come full circle, partnering with the University of the Virgin Islands to give students hands-on experience in mangrove restoration, from growing seedlings to planting them along the coast.
Can We Use Sounds to Build Back Reefs?
ROLE: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
SYNOPSIS: What does a healthy reef sound like? And can we use that knowledge to help save sick or endangered reefs? The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reef Solutions Initiative team is working on reefs in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, to learn the answers to those questions and to explore whether what they learn can be applied to other reefs around the world.