11:00 HD video and 16mm 2017
Co-directed with Misti Boland, Caitlin Horsmon, Meg Jamieson, and Mary C. Taylor
An anthology film about the useful lessons that remain after the ex has gone on their way. Five women tell their stories.
Selected screenings: Free Range Film Festival, Citizen Jane Film Festival, Kansas City FilmFest
2:00 digital video 2005
An enigmatic advertisement inspires a letter. The corporation writes back.
Awards: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Humboldt Film Festival, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
Selected Screenings: Dallas Video Festival, Rooftop Films, IFC Center, BAM Cinematek, Crossroads Film Festival
2:45 HD video 2011
A stop-motion animation about spare buttons and the people who save them.
Awards: Black Maria Film and Video Festival; James River Shorts; Humboldt Film Festival; Kansas City FilmFest
Selected screenings: Maryland Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival
4:00 16mm 2000
A woman fantasizes about what she can get away with while remaining in bounds. Existential slapstick.
Awards: Black Maria Film and Video Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Humboldt Film Festival, Louisville Film and Video Festival
Selected Screenings: Cucalorus Film Festival, Olympia Film Festival, Independent Exposure
2:30 16mm 1997
A documentary of sorts about car culture and its discontents.
Awards: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Iowa Independent Film and Video Festival
Selected Screenings: MadCat Women's International Film Festival, Pomona Film Festival, Bicycle Film Festival
5:54 HD video 2015
Co-directed with Nina Frenkel
A woman reads her teenage diary, and then goes back in time to talk some sense into her younger self.
Selected screenings: Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, San Antonio Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival
13:00 HD video 2013
Ann doesn't miss her ex-boyfriend, but she does miss...his mom. Ann decides to give the friendship another try.
Selected Screenings: LUNAFEST tour, Kansas City FilmFest, Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival, Citizen Jane Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival
30 seconds SVHS 2000
A very short video about what NOT to donate to the food bank.
Screenings: Short Attention Span Film and Video Festival tour
3:00 16mm 2006
Hostile bravado meets everyday life.
Selected Screenings: Antimatter Underground Film Festival, Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, New York Underground Film Festival
4:00 digital video 2007
Co-Directed with Tara White
An animated movie about a woman with bigger fish to fry. Literally.
Selected Screenings: South by Southwest Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Dawson City International Film Festival, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
5:30 16mm 2005
A woman struggles to understand her date.
Awards: Magnolia Independent Film Festival, James River Film Festival, Trenton Film Festival
Selected Screenings: Arizona International Film Festival, Starz Denver Film Festival, Cucalorus Film Festival, River's Edge Film Festival
26:00 HD video 2009
Emily tries to save her marriage with a romantic weekend trip to Pittsburgh. Reality intrudes.
Screenings: Big Muddy Film Festival, Crossroads Film Festival, Miami Short Film Festival
4:30 1998 16mm
A woman accidentally pulls off the cat’s tail and upsets her boyfriend, who owns the cat.
Screenings: Austin Film Festival, WorldFest Flagstaff
13:00 16mm 2004 (excerpted, 4 min.)
A crushed-out office worker finds solace at the lost and found.
I was interested in a character who steals things from people and turns them in to the lost and found, in order to give those people the thrill of being reunited with their stuff. Can someone whose mind works in this way find connection with the people around her? Starring Martha Elliot, Barbara Bird, and Christian Breecher. Sarah Dunham, director of photography, brings out the surrealism of the office environs. Awesome score by Margrit Eichler. The last film I finished as a 16mm print.
59:24 digital video 2003
A documentary about card counting, a legal method of winning at casino blackjack. The film follows a team of card counters who are trying to win $150,000 in a single weekend in Atlantic City. Members of the team demonstrate the elaborate strategy, high skill, and outrageous ruses that they use to challenge the casinos. As the story of the weekend unfolds, the film reveals the unique subculture of card counting, the people involved in it, and those who have left it behind.
Screenings: Newport Beach Film Festival, Denver Underground Film Festival, Philadelphia Video Festival
