Thousands of monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico for the winter each year, to find refuge from the cold weather in the country’s pine forests. In March, a rare snowstorm interrupted their sleep as freezing winds blew the butterflies out of their safe colonies, grouped together in the trees, and deposited many of them across the forest…
Filmmaking
Starbucks: Upstanders
Upstanders is a Starbucks original series featuring a collection of short stories, films and podcasts sharing the experiences of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to create positive change in their communities. About the Films In April, I received a call from Joshua Trujillo, former photojournalist and current manager of photo and video for…
Mpala Live
I spent two weeks filming in Laikipia County, Kenya, documenting the research and wildlife at the Mpala Research Centre for Mpala Live!. Within its 200 square km of unfenced landscape, Mpala incorporates cattle ranching, wildlife, and research all in one. Mpala Live! gives you a round-the-clock look at the lives of elephants, lions, zebras, giraffes, hippos, birds,…
Not My President
This is an observational film of the peaceful protest of more than a thousand Seattleites who marched through the city the day after Donald Trump won the presidential election. Thousands of people in cities across the nation took to the streets, a sign to Trump and to the world, that the next administration will have…
RAINIER
Lauren and I wanted to play with a few new things in video so we took our cameras with us camping at Mount Rainier National Park.. Something we usually avoid because we typically treat the outdoors as our break from filmmaking. It turned out to be a lot of fun and a relief to throw…