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Education
2023-2027
Tufts University
BA, Film & Media Studies 
Medford, MA, US

2019-2023
Shanghai American School Puxi
High school diploma
Shanghai, China
Employment Freelance Photographer and Videographer
(since 2023)

Video Department Executive
Tufts Daily 
(Jan 2025 - May2026)

Volunteer English & Math tutor for incarcerated individuals
The Petey Greene Program
(since 2024)

Educational Content Creation Intern Tufts Technology Services
(sep 2024 - dec 2024)

Film Festival Guest Reception
Shanghai International Film Festival
(jun 2024 & jun 2025)

Film Festival Planning
Filmmakers Collaborative
(apr 2024 - sep 2024)

Fine Dining Server
The Catered Affair
(since jun 2024)
Skills
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Davinci Resolve, Microsoft Office

Types of videography: documentary shorts,narrative shorts, concert/event recording, and news reporting

Types of photography: portrait photography, event photography, artwork documentation, and street photography
Exhibitions & Awards
Land Sea and Sky Exhibition
Wick ford Art Association
(may 2024)
Finalist for Best Sci-fi, Best Experimental Film
All American Highschool Film Festival
(aug 2023)

Best Experimental Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best 7 Minute Film
Shanghai Student Film Festival

Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Editing
International Clash of Titans 48 Hour Film Challenge
(jan 2023)




Last Updated 24.10.31
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PROFILE 

I am currently a 3rd year student in the BA Film and Media Studies program at Tufts University, focusing on documentary filmmaking. I try to make things that are slow but won’t make you fall asleep. 

Other than documentaries, I am also a freelance videographer and photographer who does event recordings, concert photography, and just about anything else I get asked to do and can. I also drum. 

I was born in Minnesota, grew up in Shanghai, and am now based in the Greater Boston Area.
 

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The Life of a Tattoo
Roles -  Director & Editor
May 2025In the city of Sommerville, a tattoo shop lives across the street from a laser removal clinic.


    Frankie JB Sings With You
    Roles - Director & Editor
    Dec 2024     Two days in the life of Bostonian street performer, Frankie JB, and the way people come in and out of his corner of the world. 


    Rodney
    Roles - Director & Editor
    Nov 2024     Rodney, a blind 70-year-old man living in government-subsidized housing, began hearing banging noises from his upstairs neighbor in the middle of the night.


    A Room For Two 
    Roles - Animator & Sound Designer
    Dec 2023     Inspired by true events.


    Arbo 
    Roles - Animator & Sound Designer
    Oct 2023    Lil guy wanderin'.


    Eclipse 
    Roles - Actor & Screenwriter
    Aug 2023     On the last night of 1999, a boy is asked to buy his father a cake, but instead, encounters a voice that leads him elsewhere.


    Messenger 
    Roles - Cinematographer & Editor
    Mar 2023     A mysterious messenger delivers the items she receives supernaturally every day, until one fateful week in January...


    Hana-Bi
    Roles - Director & Cinematographer
    Oct 2022     A boy goes sees a hole on the ground beside the bus station.
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