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Andrew is an award-winning director & producer based in Los Angeles. Exploring stories that investigate our shared humanity, he works in documentary, narrative and commercial formats.

AWARDS

2023

🏆 Best Innovative Film for The Gift of the Wild at Planet Cinema Fest

👏🏼 Quarter-finalist for Best Short Film for Burn at Lonely Wolf UK Festival

2021

👏🏼 Nominated for an Emmy for Best Serialized Documentary for Texas 6

🏆 Best Experimental Short for Burn at the Film In Focus Festival in Bucharest

👏🏼 Best Director nomination for Burn at the Film In Focus Festival in Bucharest

👏🏼 Best Actor nomination for Alex Mackey in Burn at the Film In Focus Festival in Bucharest

👏🏼 Best Cinematography nomination for Burn at the Film In Focus Festival in Bucharest

 

2020

🏆 Best Editor for Dreams in Color at the Arte Non Stop Festival in Buenos Aires

🏆 Honorable Mention for Todd Williamson for Dreams in Color at the Arte Non Stop Festival in Buenos Aires

2019

🏆 Bronze Clio for direction on promo doc, The Real Black Klansman, in collaboration with Focus Features

 

PREVIOUS CLIENTS

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EDUCATION

MFA, American Film Institute

BA Honors, University of Washington

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