The Syria Fund

Video editing for The Syria Fund, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping individuals in need amid the chaos that is the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Visit The Syria Fund website

Role: Editor

Client: The Syria Fund

Snapshot: Music Classes

Snapshot: Art Class with Milana

Snapshot: Teaching Contra Dancing in Jordan

Stateless in American Samoa

Mikhail Sebastian is a stateless man who has been living in the United States for more than a decade-and-a-half. In this video, he tells of the hardships he has faced and the importance of providing legal protections to stateless persons in the U.S.

Role: Principal Cinematography

Client: UNHCR

Haiti's Rape Survivors

More than 18 months since an earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, women and girls living in makeshift camps remain vulnerable to sexual violence. 'Haiti’s Rape Survivors' follows a survivor of rape, Shirley Christoff, as she attempts to rebuild her life in a rundown informal settlement in Port-au-Prince.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Correspondent

Client: UN-OCHA, IRIN NEWS

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Bolivia's Changing Climate

In Bolivia, melting glaciers and erratic rainfall patterns are driving tens of thousands of people to the capital of La Paz in search of water.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Correspondent

Client: UN-OCHA, IRIN NEWS

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Israel's African Migrants

Every year thousands of African migrants pay people-smugglers hundreds of dollars to be taken into Israel in search of a better life. Few of them find it.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Correspondent

Client: UN-OCHA, IRIN NEWS

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Haiti's Food Vendors

"In the past, I could buy three or four sacks of grain for what one sack would cost me today," says Silmani Baltazar, a food vendor in Pétionville, Port-au-Prince. Since Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake in early 2010, food prices have spiraled to record levels, forcing residents to cut back on meals and quality of food.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Correspondent

Client: UN-OCHA, IRIN NEWS

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Standing Tall: Leprosy Survivors Thrive in Cairo Community

Abu Zabaal is Egypt's oldest leprosy colony.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Correspondent

Client: UN-OCHA, IRIN NEWS

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Missing Documentation in Post-Earthquake Haiti

Jackson Emile lives in Leogone, the epicentre of Haiti's 2010 earthquake. He lost his father and vital documents. Without these, he struggles to keep his land and rebuild his life.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor

Client: UNHCR

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Haiti: The Prison Educator

Former prisoner Jean Julux Alusma works to increase awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS among inmates of Haiti’s jails.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor

Client: UN-OCHA, IRIN NEWS

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No More Victims: One Man's Fight for Injured Iraqi Children

Cole Miller is founder of the non-profit organization No More Victims. Miller brings Iraqi children who've been injured as a direct result of US Forces to the United States for medical treatment they're unable to receive in Iraq. View the stories of Omar, Salee, and Rusul, and meet the American communities that have taken them in.

Role: Cinematography, Producer, Editor

Client: GRITtv with Laura Flanders

Iranian Musicians in Iraqi Kurdistan

In recent years, many Iranian musicians have left Iran in search of the freedom to create without censorship or fear of punishment for their work. Some have ended up in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, which is known for its relative stability and security. There they can perform and release music without having to get government approval, as musicians are required to do in Iran. (Correspondent Roxana Saberi)

Role: Editor

Client: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

Alek Wek's Journey Home


This July, supermodel Alek Wek -- the first African model to grace the cover of ELLE magazine -- returned to her native South Sudan to mark the fledgling nation's first anniversary, meet refugees and visit UNHCR programs aimed at helping some of the hundreds of thousands of returnees rebuild their lives. 
This clip highlights Alek's visit to Yusuf Batil refugee camp and the need for international support for refugees in South Sudan. Alek's mini-documentary, covering the wide range of her poignant weeklong journey, will be premiered exclusively on Facebook this October.

Role: Editor

Client: UNHCR

UNHCR Celebrates 60 Years

Role: Cinematographer

Client: UNHCR

GOOD Magazine - 11 Spring Street Art Exhibit


A documentation of one of the most significant exhibitions of street art ever. Artists from all over the world came to the vacant space at 11 Spring Street in NYC to plaster, paint, solder, glue, and otherwise make their mark on the building before it was converted to condominiums. When the space opened to the public for three days last December, tens of thousands of people lined up for blocks to enter.

Role: Cinematographer

Client: Good Magazine

From Baghdad to Brooklyn

At the height of the war in Iraq, thousands of Iraqis were fleeing the country each day. Among them was Mohamed, a 23-year-old from Baghdad, whose strikingly Western appearance and manner resulted in threats to his life. Forced into exile in Syria, Mohamed crosses path with Jennifer, a freelance videojournalist from Brooklyn, New York, who begins to document his life as a refugee.

Drawn into the fantasy world he invents to escape his harsh reality, Jennifer forms a unique friendship with Mohamed, embarking on a series of adventures around the city of Damascus. From crashing presidential referendum parties to staging elaborate photo shoots in the old city, the pair creates welcome distractions from the uncertainty of Mohamed’s situation.

Jennifer returns to Brooklyn, but can’t stop thinking about the new friend she left behind. The line between journalist and subject is crossed as she becomes determined to help him start a new life. Against the advice of her colleagues and loved ones, Jennifer goes back to Syria with a mission to get Mohamed asylum in a safe country.

What follows is a journey that proves to be more than either bargained for – as illusions are shattered, a friendship is tested, and one man struggles to attain the 'American Dream.'

The film is now streaming on NETFLIX

From Baghdad to Brooklyn Website

American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

A feature documentary about the life and work of controversial American Jewish academic Norman Finkelstein.

Role: Supervising Producer, Cinematographer

American Radical Website

Semester at Sea: South Africa

Feature documentary about the study-abroad program 'Semester at Sea.' In this clip, the students visit Capetown, South Africa.

Role: Editor

Client: Semester at Sea

Semester at Sea: The Voyage Ends

Feature documentary about the study-abroad program 'Semester at Sea.' In this clip, the voyage is coming to an end.

Role: Editor

Client: Semester at Sea

Semester at Sea: South Korea

Feature documentary about the study-abroad program 'Semester at Sea.' In this clip, the students visit Busan, South Korea.

Role: Editor

Client: Semester at Sea

Semester at Sea: Sea Olympics

Feature documentary about the study-abroad program 'Semester at Sea.' In this clip, the students have a 'Sea Olympics.'

Role: Editor

Client: Semester at Sea

Semester at Sea: Trailer

Trailer for the feature documentary about the study-abroad program 'Semester at Sea.'

Role: Editor

Client: Semester at Sea

Semester at Sea: Cuba

Feature documentary about the study-abroad program 'Semester at Sea.' In this clip, the students visit Cuba and see Fidel Castro speak.

Role: Editor

Client: Semester at Sea