THE GREATER GOOD looks behind the fear, hype and politics that have polarized the vaccine debate in America today. The film re-frames the emotionally charged issue and offers, for the first time, the opportunity for a rational and scientific discussion on how to create a safer and more effective vaccine program. greatergoodmovie.org
BORN SWEET
Director of Photography (shared)
Directed and Edited by Oscar Winners Cynthia Wade and David Teague. A boy comes of age in rural Cambodia while struggling with arsenic poisoning and dreaming of becoming a karaoke star. www.bornsweetfilm.com
TOOTS
Director of Photography
A friend to the famous, a crook to the feds, father, brother, gambler, bum, but most of all Toots Shor was the owner of America’s greatest saloon. Directed by his granddaughter, Kristi Jacobsen, TOOTS is a provocative, loving and unmistakably authentic portrait of the self-made, unapologetic and quintessentially American man who became the unlikely den-mother to the heroes of America’s golden age. tootsthemovie.com
BEAUTY CARES
Director of Photography, Co-Director
The challenge was to make an innovative PSA about the brutal ugliness of domestic violence for a new organization that supports women transitioning back to life from the shelter.
beautycares.org
BLUE VINYL
Director of Photography, Co-Director, Producer
Winner of the 2002 Sundance Excellence in Cinematography Award. A Toxic Comedy Look at Vinyl, The world’s second largest selling plastic. With humor, hope and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director Daniel B. Gold travel from Helfand’s hometown to America’s vinyl manufacturing capital and beyond in search of answers about the nature of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). bluevinyl.org/​
OUCH
Director of Photography, Co-Director
or the past four years, this video has been the world’s leading seller on diversity in the workplace. In a unique and powerful way, viewers experience the impact of stereotypical comments, explore why people don’t speak up against stereotypes and other biased behaviors, and learn six techniques for speaking up without blame or guilt http://www.
American Experience New Orleans
Director of Photography (shared)
Made soon after Katrina tore the City apart, the film features the city’s rich archival resources, a remarkable collection of on-camera commentators, and a series of verité-style portraits of New Orleans residents. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/
EVERYTHING’S COOL
Director of Photography, Co-Director, Producer, Narration
EVERYTHING’S COOL is a film about America finally “getting” global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action. Â http://everythingscool.org