Co-Director | Producer
Who decides which stories get told? A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch The 19th*, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation. A story of an America in flux, and the voices often left out of the narrative, the documentary Breaking the News shows change doesn’t come easy.
World Premiere at Tribeca Festival 2023
Awarded the 2023 David Carr Award for Truth in Filmmaking at the Montclair Film Festival
Directed by Chelsea Hernandez, Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston. Produced by Diane Quon, Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston, Chelsea Hernandez.
Producer
A self-involved teen and her overworked, single mom come to a head with their differences as their mobile home is towed away … with them inside of it.
Accolades:
2023 Winner: Grand Jury Prize - Victory International Film Festival
2023 Winner: Best Screenplay - Deep in the Heart Film Festival
2023 Winner: Uptilt Film Fest - Lisa Christine Hyatt Memorial Grant
2022 Fellowship: Southern Producers Lab by the New Orleans Film Society - Selected Producer: Sommer Garcia Saqr
2021 Winner: Austin Film Society Grant for Shorts Projects + MPS Camera and Lighting Services Austin Award
2021 Winner: Santa Fe Film Institute Filmmaker Grant
2021 Winner: Mexican American Cultural Education Foundation Filmmaker Grant
2020 Runner Up: South Pitch fiction competition held by the New Orleans Film Festival
2020 Semifinalist: ScreenCraft Film Fund
2019 Finalist: Through Her Lens - Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program
Producer
Distributed by CBS All Access
Executive produced by five-time Academy Award nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater and two-time Academy Award winner Bill Guttentag, THAT ANIMAL RESCUE SHOW follows the animal rescue community in and around Austin, Texas, where Linklater lives. The 10-episode docuseries provides a window into this captivating world through moving, humorous and powerful stories of animals, the humans who love them, and the inspiring, life-changing bond that occurs between people who have dedicated their lives to rescue and the animals who rescue them right back. 2020 CBS Interactive. All rights reserved.
Director | Producer
2021 Emmy® Nominated Feature Documentary world premiere at SXSW 2019 and broadcast on PBS in 2020
Across Texas an unstoppable construction boom drives urban sprawl and luxury high-rises. Its dirty secret: abuse of immigrant labor. BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM captures a turning point as a movement forms to fight widespread construction industry injustices. Grieving their son, a Mexican family campaigns for a life-and-death safety ordinance. A Salvadorian electrician couple owed thousands in back pay fights for their children’s future. A bereaved son battles to protect others from his family's preventable tragedy. A story of courage, resilience and community, the film reveals shocking truths about the hardworking immigrants who build the American Dream, of which they are excluded.
Post-Production Supervisor
Distributed by El Rey Network
Join Taco Journalists, Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece on an epic taco journey in United Tacos of America. Uncover and explore taco life and culture through Birria in L.A., Carnitas in Chicago, Brisket in Austin, Nixtamal tortillas in NYC y más!
Executive Producers: Robert Rodriguez, John Fogelman, Cristina Patwa, Mando Rayo, Jarod Neece, Dennis Burnett.
In Austin, Texas, two expectant mothers—one undocumented and one US citizen—must contend with increased ICE raids and mounting hostility towards immigrants under President Trump.
Directed by Chelsea Hernandez and Iliana Sosa
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Our 100 Days is a partnership between Firelight Media and Field of Vision that aims to tell stories from the perspective of vulnerable communities and explore threats to U.S. democracy in this current, polarized political climate. New episodes, each from filmmakers of color, will be released weekly.
See more from Field of Vision here: fieldofvision.org
Director, Producer, Editor
Best Short Doc - 2012 Austin Film Festival
See the Dirt is a short documentary about a young man who, even when they call him weird or strange, sticks to his interests and has become an expert in everything regarding vacuum cleaners. Scott MacMillan is an example of someone who does not let the perceptions from others dissuade him from being himself. (TRT: 15:30)
2013 Edinburgh International Film Festival
2013 SXSW Austin Film Society Shortcase
2013 Atlanta Film Festival
2013 Indie Grits Film Festival
2013 Independent Film Festival Boston
2013 Irvine International Film Festival
2013 Woods Hole Film Festival
2013 Marfa Film Festival
XFinity Broadcast
Post-Production Supervisor, Assistant Editor
PBS National Broadcast
The compelling six-hour series ANCIENT ROADS FROM CHRIST TO CONSTANTINE charts Christianity's evolution from a small movement to the largest religion in the world, with more than two billion followers. Host Jonathan Phillips, an author and distinguished history professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, journeys into the fascinating world of the early Christians to explore the faith's long struggle and triumph against the odds. He recounts some of Christianity's pivotal moments at the actual locations where they unfolded, including Bethlehem (site of Jesus' birth), Judea (where Jesus preached) and Rome (where Emperor Constantine the Great embraced the faith as his own), among others. Phillips' entertaining and enlightening 12,000-mile odyssey through seven countries in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East brings the rich history of Christianity to life. Along the way, he meets experts who have devoted their lives to the study of this important historical period. A frequent consultant and on-air presence for BBC radio, BBC television and the History Channel, Jonathan Phillips has authored numerous books on the Crusades, including the recently published Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades.
Associate Producer, Assistant Editor
PBS National Broadcast
In a one-hour PBS special, Host David Brancaccio visits communities across America using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity in our new economy.
Co-Producer
2013 Austin Film Festival Official Selection
After ten years, Delia Perez-Meyer still makes the four-hour drive every week to Livingston, Texas to visit her brother on death row. At first saddened and frustrated by this journey, Delia discovers others unwillingly involved in the prison system who help bring her to a place of redemption and hope. Under the shadow of death, bonds are forged and families made along the road to Livingston.
Co-Director, Editor
2010 East Austin Stories
Some of the deepest family roots of East Austin are among the parishoners of Our Lady of Guadalupe church, established in the early 1900s. Reminiscing about the past in the same house they were born and raised, the Salas sisters - Josie, Carmen and Francis - tell how the church was and still is a central part of their lives and the community.
Co-Producer, Co-Editor
2010 East Austin Stories
A discovery of old photographs in the attic of Raul Aguallo's house, inherited from his aunt, three generations before, reaffirms his families deep Asian and Mexican American roots in Austin, Texas. (TRT: 8:26)
City of Austin "Faces of Austin" selection
2010 Cine Las Americas Film Festival