Education
2013 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, BA, Political Science
2013 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, BA, Social Thought & Political Economy
2027 (Expected) University of Arizona, MFA, Photography/Video/Imaging
Awards & Honors
2023 Opening Film, 50th Annual Athens International Film & Video Festival (Academy Award Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 Special Jury Mention, 50th Annual Athens International Film & Video Festival (Academy Award Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 Director’s Award, 42nd Annual Thomas Edison Film Festival (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 Opening Film, 9th Annual Filmfort Festival, Bull Rider
2023 Selected to represent the 9th Annual Filmfort Festival in Filmmaker Magazine’s Filmfort Showcase, Bull Rider
2023 Selected to participate in the 14th Annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival's 'On the Road' program, screening to schools, nonprofits and small film festivals across the US, Bull Rider
2023 Selected to participate in the 18th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival's ‘Reel Learning Program’ which screened at public schools across the Four Corners region of the Southwest, Bull Rider
2022 1st Prize Best Experimental, 27th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA and Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 Best Experimental, 15th Annual Arizona Underground Film Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2021 Best Experimental, 24th Annual Denver Underground Film Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2020 Director’s Award, 39th Annual Thomas Edison Film Festival (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Grace
2019 Special Jury Award, 17th Annual IFFBoston, Grace
2018 Vimeo Staff Pick, American Dream
2017 Special Jury Award, 28th Annual New Orleans Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), American Dream
2017 Selected to represent the 37th Annual Cambridge Film Festival (BAFTA Qualifying) in an in-studio interview with the BBC, American Dream
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Negations, Wow Atelier, Salt Lake City, UT
Group Exhibitions & Non-Festival Screenings
2023 Rocky Mountain Triennial, Museum of Art Fort Collins, CO
2023 Untitled, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, St. Louis, MO
2023 Short Cinema Assaults, Studio DB, Berlin, Germany
2023 Remembering Ulysses Davis, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA
2023 Alfred Lambourne Arts Program, Sorenson Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2023 Momentum, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Film Festival Screenings
2024 20th Annual Cinedans International Film Festival, Bull Rider
2023 32nd Annual Cinequest Film & VR Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 37th Annual Leeds International Film Festival (Academy Award & BAFTA Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 17th Annual Flatpack Festival (BAFTA Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 26th Annual Brooklyn Film Festival (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 50th Annual Athens International Film & Video Festival (Academy Award Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 42nd Annual Thomas Edison Film Festival (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Bull Rider
2023 29th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival, Bull Rider
2023 21st Annual Tallgrass Film Festival, Bull Rider
2023 14th Annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Bull Rider
2023 18th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival, Bull Rider
2023 9th Annual Filmfort Festival, Bull Rider
2023 10th Annual FilmQuest Festival, Bull Rider
2023 12th Annual Richmond International Film Festival, Bull Rider
2023 16th Annual Arizona Underground Film Festival, Bull Rider
2022 17th Annual Lone Star Film Festival, Bull Rider
2022 15th Annual SENE Film Festival, Bull Rider
2022 8th Annual Montana Film Festival, Bull Rider
2022 27th Annual Slamdance Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA and Canadian 2022 Screen Award Qualifying), It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 27th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA and Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 29th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 20th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston (IFF Boston), It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 18th Annual Another Hole in the Head Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 15th Annual Arizona Underground Film Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 10th Annual International Video Poetry Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 9th Annual FilmQuest Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2022 6th Annual Bucharest Short Film Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2021 24th Annual Denver Underground Film Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2021 21st Annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, It’s Coming It’s Real
2021 6th Annual Esto Es Para Esto Exhibidora de Cine, It’s Coming It’s Real
2020 7th Annual Manchester Film Festival (BIFTA Qualifying), Extinction Rebellion NYC
2020 5th Annual Artist's Forum Festival of the Moving Image, Extinction Rebellion NYC
2020 10th Annual Richmond International Film Festival, Extinction Rebellion NYC
2020 2nd Annual United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Film Festival, Extinction Rebellion NYC
2020 10th Annual Richmond International Film Festival, Grace
2020 39th Annual Thomas Edison Film Festival (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Grace
2020 10th Annual Norwich Film Festival (BAFTA Qualifying, BIFA Qualifying), Grace
2020 7th Annual Manchester Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying), Grace
2020 25th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival, The Vision of Ulysses Davis
2019 50th Annual Nashville Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), Grace
2019 17th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston (IFF Boston), Grace
2019 46th Annual Athens International Film + Video Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), Grace
2019 19th Annual deadCenter Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), Grace
2019 15th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), Grace
2019 39th Annual Cambridge Film Festival (BAFTA Qualifying), Grace
2019 31st Annual Cinéfest Sudbury (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), Grace
2019 17th Annual Tallgrass Film Festival, Grace
2019 29th Annual FilmBath Festival, Grace
2019 16th Annual Rome International Film Festival, Grace
2019 67th Annual Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Grace
2019 28th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival, Grace
2019 14th Annual Macon Film Festival, Grace
2019 13th Annual Buffalo International Film Festival, Grace
2019 14th Annual Orlando Film Festival, Grace
2019 9th Annual Twin Cities Film Festival, Grace
2019 28th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), The Vision of Ulysses Davis
2019 17th Annual Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), The Vision of Ulysses Davis
2019 22nd Annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, The Vision of Ulysses Davis
2019 15th Annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, The Vision of Ulysses Davis
2019 16th Annual Rome International Film Festival, The Vision of Ulysses Davis
2019 14th Annual Macon Film Festival, The Vision of Ulysses Davis
2018 46th Annual Athens International Film + Video Festival (Academy Award Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying), American Dream
2018 18th Annual deadCenter Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), American Dream
2018 37th Annual Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, American Dream
2018 10th Annual Marfa Film Festival, American Dream
2018 8th Annual Lower East Side Film Festival, American Dream
2017 37th Annual Cambridge Film Festival (BAFTA Qualifying), American Dream
2017 28th Annual New Orleans Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifying), American Dream
Lectures & Artist Talks
2016 School of Visual Arts (Cinematography Seminar), Managing the Camera Department
2019 Vassar College, The Films of Steven Gray: Political-Aesthetics
Collections
Beach Institute African-American Cultural Center, Savannah, GA
Press