Awards in Screenwriting
“God In The Sun” (2025) Feature Screenplay
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Austin Film Festival - Second Rounder
“Faces of Lilith” (2024) Feature Screenplay
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Austin Film Festival – Second Rounder
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Screencraft Feature Competition – Quarterfinalist
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Screencraft Sci-Fi and Fantasy Competition – Quarterfinalist
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Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards – Quarterfinalist
“Mother Moth and the Blue Jay” (2023) Feature Screenplay
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Screencraft Sci-Fi and Fantasy Competition – Quarterfinalist
“Between the Lines” (2023) Feature Screenplay
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Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards – Award of Achievement
“La Connaitre” (2022) Short Screenplay
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Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards – Award of Achievement
Awards in Producing & Writing - Advertising
2025 Creative Best - CSCA Ohio
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Best of Show “No School, No Lunch”
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Judge’s Choice “No School, No Lunch”
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Best of Animation “No School, No Lunch”
2025 Iowa Motion Picture Association
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Animated Entertainment – Short Form
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“Munich Re Specialty – Holiday Video” Award of Achievement
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Corporate and Community Marketing
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“Lightspeed Origin Story” Award of Excellence
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Digital Marketing
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“Lightspeed Origin Story” Award of Achievement
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Graphic Art Direction / Design
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“Lightspeed Origin Story” Award of Achievement
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“Munich Re Specialty – Holiday Video” Award of Achievement
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2024 Iowa Motion Picture Association
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Animated Entertainment – Short Form
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“Provide – Isaac” Award of Excellence
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“Provide – Dream Come True” Award of Achievement
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Corporate and Community Marketing
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“Provide – Dr. Kate” Award of Excellence
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“Provide – Isaac” Award of Achievement
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Digital Marketing
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“Provide – Isaac” Award of Excellence
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“Provide – Dream Come True” Award of Achievement
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2023 Creative Best - CSCA Ohio
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Judge’s Choice “Provide – Isaac”
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Best of Animation “Provide – Isaac”
Selected Awards in Filmmaking
Features
September 2025 “The Painter”
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Producer, Co-Director, Production Designer, Casting Director
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Winner: Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (Best Unproduced Screenplay)
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Awaiting additional festival results.
September 2023 “The Cross”
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Distributors: Amazon Prime, Future Today Distribution, and Tubi
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Co-Director, Producer, Production Designer, Casting Director
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Winner: Star City (Best Iowa Filmmakers), Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (Best Picture, Best
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Acting, Best Editing), Iowa Independent Film Festival (Critic’s Choice)
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Official Selection: The White Light City Film Festival, Flatwater Film Festival, Cedar River Film Festival
February 2023 “Between the Lines”
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Director, Writer, Producer, Production Designer, Casting Director
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Winner: Iowa Motion Picture Association (Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Produced), Best Graduate Student Production, Best Editing (Long Form), Best Art Direction), Cedar Rapids International Film Festival (Best Picture – Professional), Flatwater Film Festival (Official Selection)
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Nominated: Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (Best Director of Photography, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress)
September 2020 “To Live Again (Vivre de Nouveau)”
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Producer, Casting Director, Costumer, Production Designer
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Winner: Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (Best Feature, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress), Spring Grove Film Festival (Best Iowa Filmmaker), Cedar Rapids International Film Festival (Best Picture – ProAm)
October 2019 “Ever Fallen”
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Associate Producer, ADR Specialist, Lead Actress
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Selected Feature: Sioux City International Film Festival, Sandy Dennis Film Festival, Muscatine Film Festival
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Official Selection: Iowa Motion Picture Association [Best Actress (nominated), Best Feature (winner), Best Editing (winner), Best Screenplay (winner)]
Shorts
April 2025 “The Entomologist’s Wife”
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Producer, Director, Writer, Production Designer
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Winner: Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (Best Short Film, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects (Mechanical), Best Score, Best Editing); Snake Alley Film Festival (Best Sci-Fi)
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Official Selection: Interrobang Film Festival, PopCon International Film Festival, Star City Film Festival, Iowa-Nebraska Heartland Film Festival
January 2022 “Queen of Pandora’s Box”
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Producer, Director, Co-Writer, Production Designer
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Nominated: Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (Best Director)
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Official Selection: Snake Alley Film Festival, Flatwater Film Festival
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February 2021 “A Day with Lily”
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Producer, Casting Director
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Winner: Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (Best Screenplay, Best Actress)