Director

1993-1997 –  New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York 
BFA in Acting, Playwrights Horizons Theater School

2002                 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London
Certificate in Acting Shakespeare

2017                  Director’s Lab West, Los Angeles/Pasadena
Directing intensive.

2018-05 –   present
Theater and Arts Journalist
Gia On The Move
Reviewer and videographer/editor for local theatrical and artistic productions, conferences, festivals, and seminars.

2018-09 –   present
Directing Instructor
Asylum
Taught three-hour intensive focusing on the unique challenges of directing projects utilizing limited resources, space, and time.

2018-04
Filmmaking Instructor
Gifft Hill School
Taught four-day filmmaking mini-mester in St. John, USVI
working with 6^th-11^th graders going from concept to completing three  five-to-eight-minute shorts.
Films shown and lauded by general public and invited  guests at the local art gallery.

2017-08 –  present
Associate Producer
Director’s Lab West
Assisted Steering Committee with ideas and themes for eight-day Directing Intensive. Found core texts, helped with participant selection, and local productions to explore.

2017-08 –    2019-06
Acting Instructor/Director.
Isana Academies
Taught acting to K-8^th grade classes focusing on theater basics adhering to LAUSD standards, as well as directing students in three major school productions per year.

2009 -05 –   2016 -09
Tape Librarian
Big Brother” Seasons 11 – 18
Worked in concert with three other librarians using FileMaker Pro and PilotWare data entry for series of XDCam, Beta, MiniDV and DVDs for archive and assisting production staff. Included production dubbing, black and coding, DVD label and reproduction, filing, and interfacing with story and production. Plus: I made coffee.

2008-10 –    present
Script/Coverage Writer
Independent
Read, assessed, and provided written and oral feedback to writers, producers about screenplays and story pitches focusing on motivations, story structure, dialogue, grammar, and spelling.

2010-01 –  present
Director, Producer
Independent
Organized independent theatrical and cinematic productions: kept schedules, budgets, interfaced with production team (publicity, unions, insurance), hired actors, crew, and designers and worked with them to create cohesive conceptual productions.