My first film, The Smith Family won a DGA Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award, which allowed me to be chosen by Filmmaker Magazine as the #1 Face of 25 Hot New Faces to Watch in Independent Film and was also featured in MovieMaker Magazine in the cover story Fiercely Independent Women.
I had a riot making my first narrative film, Picked through AFI’s highly prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Working with actors, I was able to dig up my skills as theater director, which is where it all began, in the humble small mining town of Magna, Utah.
Today, I live in Venice, California. When I’m not directing, I can be found scooting about with my latest passion; my one year old daughter, Cora. Or we might be plotting and planning volunteer vacations in remote corners of the world like Thailand or Africa.
Plus most importantly, I’m easy going and I believe having fun on set is just as important as creating outstanding work.