Filmmaker-Engineer · Creative-AI Systems Engineer

I build the tools
I create on.

Award-winning editor and cinematographer — and the solo architect of PRISM, a production-grade AI platform for filmmakers. I hit a gap by hand on a real cut, then ship the fix as software.

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Telly Gold ×2 W3 Gold Telly Silver ×2 Telly Bronze 6 international awards · 3 spots · credited on every one
Selected work

The Awkward Proposal

A double-winner: W3 Gold and Telly Silver in 2024. Shot as Director of Photography.

The Awkward Proposal — Tatt2Away / InkOut
W3 Gold ’24 Telly Silver ’24
Director of Photography
Website Talking Heads
More award-winning work

2025 — five more Telly wins

Editor on both spots below. All credits verifiable in the official Telly Awards winners database.

Let Them Eat Cake
Website Talking Heads · 2025
Telly Gold Telly Gold
Editor — two Gold Tellys (craft: comedy & directing)
Pet Etiquette Training
Website Talking Heads · 2025
Telly Silver Telly Bronze
Editor — Silver & Bronze Telly

Full spots available on request.

The tool I built

PRISM

An AI creation & publication platform for filmmakers — screenplay-first, metadata at the core, the human always in the driver's seat. Built solo, part-time. It's live; go press the buttons.

  • ~223K lines of Python (Flask / PostgreSQL) plus a real-time collaborative editor (CodeMirror 6 · Yjs CRDT).
  • Generative-video pipeline — Kling · Runway · Seedance · LTX (via fal) → timeline → render to MP4.
  • Frame-accurate professional export — EDL · FCPXML · OTIO · AAF, straight into any NLE.
  • Multi-provider AI with per-task cost estimation and credit metering before spend.
  • A 9-service production stack with nightly encrypted backups and tested disaster recovery.
One person.
Architect, engineer, and first user — the loop that makes the AI land inside real professional workflows.
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What I do

Craft & code, in one head

Craft

Editing (Premiere · DaVinci Resolve · Final Cut) · color grading · motion graphics & compositing (After Effects) · VFX · cinematography, lighting & grip · sound mixing & loudness mastering · NLE interchange (EDL / FCPXML / OTIO / AAF). Former college post-production instructor.

Engineering

Python · Flask · PostgreSQL · JavaScript / Svelte · real-time CRDT collaboration · multi-provider LLM integration & cost-routing · generative-video pipelines · MCP / OpenAPI · agent orchestration · Docker · CI/CD · Linode / Terraform · auth & security.

Contact

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Forward-deployed, solutions, or creative engineering at an AI / media-tech team — where craft and code are the same job.

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