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[SELECT CLIENT WORK, MUSIC VIDEOS, PROMOS, etc.]








GIVE YOURSELF A GOOD NAME (TV SPOT)
role: concept/creative/copywriter
agency: Wieden+Kennedy
client: Heineken



ED LACHMAN PRESENTS: THE EL ZONE SYSTEM
role: director/editor
client: Ed Lachman A.S.C.




WOOING - IN HER HEAD (MUSIC VIDEO)
role: concept/director/editorial
music by Rachel Trachtenburg and friends




FILM FORUM - NEW YORK IN THE 70s 
role: concept/editorial
programmed by Bruce Goldstein




FILM FORUM - SHITAMACHI: TALES OF DOWNTOWN TOKYO
role: concept/editorial
programmed by Aiko Masubuchi




BLUE PERIOD/LAST SUMMER : ARAKINEMA - NOBUYOSHI ARAKI (BOOK RELEASE PROMO)
role: editorial
publisher: Session Press + Dashwood Books (softcover in slipcase - 1,750 copies)




PRACTICE NYC: THE ZONE (GALLERY VIDEO)
role: camera/editorial
artists: Alice Wang + Ben Tong | June 30 - July 31, 2019