Spatial & Immersive (XR) Portfolio
A selection of immersive and interactive experiences, branded content, documentaries, and journalism created using spatial computing media technology (virtual reality, augmented reality, VR 360° video, volumetric capture, photogrammetry, game engines, etc.) since 2014.
XR music experience, 360° VR feature concert film (2024)
Agile Lens
Post-Production Producer, Lead 360° VR Video Editor. This mixed reality experience takes guests on an ephemeral, audio-reactive journey through the Gateway Chamber Orchestra and Chorale of Clarksville, Tennessee’s performance of Osvaldo Golijov's La Pasión según San Marcos (“the first indisputably great composition of the 21st century,” Boston Globe). With grant funding from Google, I led the 360° VR post-production of a virtual spatial recording to increase accessibility for patrons with limited means to travel for life performances.
XR theater experience (2019)
Double Eye Studios, Total Cinema Studios, Agile Lens, Chapter Four
Co-Producer, Virtual Cinematographer. A mixed reality theater production embracing the future of social VR and social worlds, Loveseat was a groundbreaking new format pushing the boundaries of collective virtual experiences. Wearing VR headsets and motion trackers, the actors performed for a live audience, while simultaneously embodying avatars for the virtual audience on the social VR platform High Fidelity. I helped to develop the show and designed & directed the live virtual multi-camera broadcast during its two-week run in competition at the Venice Biennale. I also guided hundreds attendees from around the world through the show’s augmented reality experience, learning basic Italian within a week to serve audiences from the local community.
Official Selection
2019 Venice International Film Festival
VR music experience (2019)
Intel Studios, Double Eye Studios
Assistant Director, Script Supervisor. An interactive, immersive virtual reality dance experience starring Reggie Watts and John Tejada, driven by their track Runnin’ from the Wajatta album. I helped film it at Intel Studios, which was the largest volumetric video capture dome in the world at the time with a 10,000 square foot stage. We spatially recorded over 13 performers simultaneously, and my preparations with the cast and crew were instrumental to bringing the highly complex first-of-its-kind production to a successful end ahead of schedule.
Awards
2019 South by Southwest Film Festival Jury Award, Best Interactive
Official Selection
2019 Sundance Film Festival
The New Global Economy: Arctic Circle
Multimedia journalism, sponsored content (2018)
Quartz Creative, Oppenheimer Funds, Total Cinema Studios
VR Producer, 360° VR Cinematographer, 360° VR Video Editor. An immersive investigative report integrated with traditional media which explored the economic implications of the rapid transformation of the vulnerable Arctic environment and its people. I shot this spatial production on location within the Arctic Circle, interacting with scientists, indigenous communities, and wildlife in Greenland, Nunavut, and the ice fields of Baffin Bay.
Awards
2019 Digiday Award, Best Branded Content
VR Educational experience (2018)
The Great Courses/The Teaching Company, Total Cinema Studios
VR Director, VR Producer, 360° VR Video Editor. Including over 30 minutes of 3D 360° video shot on location in the streets and canals of Venice, and produced with a brilliant professor of Italian history as your personal guide, this interactive educational experience immerses you in the history and culture of this ancient and legendary city. I led a team of local producers, 3D 360° VR cinematographers, game developers, and experts in photogrammetry and volumetric capture (digital twinning).
The White Helmets: On the Ground with Syria’s First Responders
VR Short film, documentary, journalism (2017)
Senior Post, Total Cinema Studios, VICELAND, Samsung, SMART New Agency, Chapter Four
VR Post-Production Producer. This 360° VR short documentary film shot in Aleppo, Syria during that country’s civil war depicts the hope amidst the horrors as volunteer rescue workers put their lives on the line to save civilians trapped in the turmoil and violence. I assembled and managed a team of editors, special effects artists, sound designers, and mixers to deliver the final cut of the film.
VR Short film, documentary (2016)
Director: Adrian Vásquez de Velasco
The Annenberg Foundation, Total Cinema Studios
VR Director, VR Producer, 360° VR Cinematographer, 360° VR Video Editor. I had the pleasure of creating this unprecedented immersive look inside the artistic process of prolific portrait photographer and documentary filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders as he worked in his downtown New York City studio on the latest in his renowned LIST series - profiles of 40 prominent transgender artists, activists, and leaders. The experience was presented in VR along with the artist’s exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles.
VR Video series (2016)
Director: Nina Diamond
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Total Cinema Studios, Koncept VR
VR Producer, 360° VR Cinematographer, 360° VR Video Editor (The Temple of Dendur in 360°, The Great Hall in 360°, The Met Breuer in 360°). This award-winning series of short videos invites viewers around the world to virtually visit The Met's art and architecture in a fresh, immersive way. Working with the production team at Total Cinema Studios and Koncept VR, we strung cables, removed protective covers from works of art, and rigged cameras up high, all to allow viewers to explore The Met as never before.
Awards
2017 Webby Award, Best Culture & Lifestyle Video (Juried Award and People’s Voice Award)
2017 Shorty Award, Best Cultural Institution
Step into the Circle of Life - The Lion King on Broadway VR Experience
VR Short film, theatrical (2015)
Director: Adrian Vásquez de Velasco
The Walt Disney Company, Total Cinema Studios
"An incredible experience" - Tim Moynihan, WIRED
VR Director, VR Producer, 360° VR Cinematographer, 360° VR Video Editor. The first immersive 360° VR video shot in a Broadway theater, this experience takes you on stage, into the wings, and 20 feet over the performers in the iconic musical production's opening scene. I was in charge of the conceptual design of the piece as well as the execution of the overall production working with members of the creative team at Disney Theatrical.
Since it was first released, I have guided hundreds of thousands of guests through the immersive experience as an ambassador for Disney at events such as the D23 Expo in Anaheim, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s “Community Day,” and with the cast and crew of The Lion King at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.
Awards
2016 Shorty Award, Bronze Honor in Virtual Reality
Multimedia journalism (2014)
Gannett Digital, Total Cinema Studios
Virtual reality project is a journalism first - Anthony DeBarros, The Des Moines Register
VR Producer, 360° VR Cinematographer, 360° VR Video Editor. In a journalistic first, I worked with Gannett Digital and a team of reporters from the Des Moines Register to create an interactive virtual reality experience exploring the demographic, technological, economic, and environmental changes facing American farmers through the lens of an Iowa family and their century-old farm. I also helped to introduce and guide hundreds of reporters and news media leaders through the piece at the Online News Association Conference in Chicago.
Awards
2015 Edward R. Murrow Award, Best Use of Video in Journalism