Director
WHAT'S IN A NAME
(Feature Documentary, in production)
The documentary, What’s in a Name, tells the personal stories of three trans women, Tania Cordova, Eisha Love, and Reyna Ortiz, who are fighting to overturn a law barring people with felony convictions from legally changing their names. After a four-year battle, HB2542 passed in January of 2023. Click link to see updates on film website.
CHICAGO LOVE
(Documentary, 16 min, 2018)
This short vérité style doc follows Eisha Love after she regains her freedom after incarceration. She navigates her neighborhood and community in Chicago and attempts to start fresh.
ACLU: TRANS IN AMERICA
(Narrative, 55 min, 2009)
Set in the post-revolutionary Russia of 1921, Maggots and Men re-imagines the uprising of the Kronstadt sailors (best known for Battleship Potemkin.) A huge ensemble cast, featuring scores of trans and gender non-conforming actors, re-enact this fascinating moment in history. (Watch on Criterion/ free 7 day trial)
FOR FLO
(Experimental,11 min, 2013)
A poem to a lost friend, For Flo, is the filmmaker’s attempt to capture the magic of his brief relationship with his good friend and collaborative partner, Flo McGarrell.
FALLEN
(Experimental,1 min, 2011)
The price of Empire hasn't changed.
Collaboration with Tyler Matthew Oyer.