Experience

DMT + Camera Assistant, Made For TV (Reality TV Series), Sept 2023 - Nov 2023

• Responsible For data wrangling, slating, setting up additional monitors, and occasional focus pulling.

Camera Operator, Canada Life Commercial, Skin and Bones Film Company Inc, Aug 2023

• Operated a camera helmet rig for POV shots, shot on Sony CineAlta Venice.

Camera Operator, Capital One Commercial, July 2023

· Operated camera helmet rig for POV shots, shot on Sony CineAlta Venice.

VFX Junior Compositor Trainee (CEE Toronto), Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

· Accepted as a trainee in CEE Toronto’s VFX program, and learning NUKE VFX editing software.

Cinematographer, Under The Same Roof (Short Film), Jun 2023

· Shot on Arri Alexa Classic.

Costume Designer, Strong Little Flower (Toronto Metropolitan University Thesis film), Apr 2023

· Planned, created, and Maintain clothing and accessories for all characters in film.

1st AC, Lavenza (Toronto Metropolitan University Thesis film), March 2023

· Helped assemble Arri Amira and focus pulled using Tilta Nucleus - M system.

Cinematographer, Ninth Step (Toronto Metropolitan University Thesis film), Jan 2023

· Created shot list, lighting plan, sourced required equipment and helped bring director's vision to life on screen via Arri Amira

Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) Mentee, Jan 2023 -Jan 2024

· Selected as a mentee for the CSC’s Mentorship program.

Casting Intern, Neo Noir Casting Aqency (NYC), Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

· Work alongside casting directors and help provide administrative support such as: performing research, creating spreadsheets to track statistics on casting decisions such as the number of actors, their ages, and the length of time they were tested, etc.

Swing, Tim Hortons Commercial, Aug 2022

· Helped G&E department with lighting set and set up/ take down of lighting equipment

Art Buyer + Set Dresser The Manny (MOW Feature Film), May-June 2022

· Sourced and bought art and decor for set decorator, helped set up/wrap set and do returns afterwards.

Editor + PA, Underwater Flowers (Short Film), Apr 2021

·       Assisted with production assistant duties during shoot days such as helping grips, moving equipment, and transporting talent/crew, as well as edited film.

Director + Cinematographer, She Heals (Short Documentary Film), Oct 2020

·       “She Heals” is a short documentary I’m filming about my great grandmother and her well versed experience with Ethiopian holistic healing and witchcraft.

Additional Editor, Blacks Rule: A Reflection and Declaration of Love and Culture (Short Film), Jul 2020

·       Helped make additional final edits to film, provided voiceover recording and helped direct film along with Malcolm-Aime, for their self-made magazine “Black’s Rule”.

Photographer, Blacks Rule Magazine Issue 001, Jun 2020

·       Took film photos of friends for Blacks Rule Magazine issue 001. Photos are published in magazine along with various other black writers and creatives.

Director + Cinematographer, Buna (Short Film), Jun 2019

· Silent Short film shot on Bolex 16mm Camera, documenting traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony.

Art Director, Owen (Short Film), Jul 2019

·       Designed/dressed location, provided wardrobe and hair/makeup for talent, and helped determine the overall look and interior design of set for production.

Director + Cinematographer, Black Women Creatives in Toronto (Documentary Series), Jul 2019

·       Black Women Creatives in Toronto is an ongoing documentary series I created to capture the stories, struggles, over comings, and resilience of black women artists all over the GTA. This is a safe space for us, by us.

Director + Cinematographer, Mary’s Burden (Short Film), Mar 2019

·       Mary’s Burden is a short poetic film directed/shot by myself and starring my grandmother, shot on Super 8.

Interviewee, Where Now (Documentary Series), Jul 2017 ·       Featured in Amani Bin Shikhan’s documentary series as a Toronto based artist/ creative and was given the opportunity to talk about who I am and what Toronto means to me

·       Featured as an installation at TIFFs New Wave Film Festival 2018

Director + Cinematographer, Dark Side of Ethiopia (Short Documentary), Apr 2017

·       Directed interviewees, helped organize shoot dates, created interview questions, organized locations, moved equipment to each location, escorted actors to each location, organized permit for shoot, made script copies, controlled artistic direction for film