AWARDS

Fellowships, Residencies & Programs

  • 2021 PGA Create Fellowship, Producers Guild of America (I Love You, Margot Robbie)

  • 2021 Outfest Screenwriting Lab (I Love You, Margot Robbie)

  • reflect / project - Mid-America Arts Alliance (2020/21)

  • Artist INC Advance - Mid-America Arts Alliance (2020/21)

  • OutSet Fellowship - Outfest (2019)

  • TED Fall Residency - TED/Adobe Project 1324 (2018)

  • Charlotte Street Studio Residency - Charlotte Street Foundation (2018)

  • Artist INC LIVE - Mid-America Arts Alliance (2017)

  • Student Symposium - Telluride Film Festival (2017)

Individual Awards

  • Filmmaker of the Year - Austin Revolution Film Festival (2019)

  • Hall of Fame inductee - Austin Revolution Film Festival (2019)

  • Best Filmmaker/Videographer - The Pitch Magazine’s Best of Kansas City Issue (2018)

  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias Award - Austin Revolution Film Festival (2018)

  • Cedric Thomas Smith Visionary Award - GLITTER! Oklahoma LGBTQ Film Festival (2018)

  • Spirit Award - Kansas City Women in Film and Television (2018)

  • Janet Mayson Indie Spirit Award - Bare Bones International Film Festival (2018)

  • Dandelion Award - First City Film Festival (2018)

  • Be You at KU Student of the Year - University of Kansas (2017)

  • David Yonally Memorial Award - University of Kansas (2017)

  • Next Gen Award - Twister Alley Film Festival (2017)

  • Visionary Award - Outlaw Film Festival (2016)

  • Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award - Kansas City FilmFest (2016)

  • Bill Gilbert Award - University of Kansas (2016)

  • Loren Dolezal Community Service Award - University of Kansas (2015)

CHASING CHASING AMY (2023)

  • Best Feature Film - NHdocs

  • Best Documentary - Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film - Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival

  • Best Documentary - FilmOut San Diego

I LOVE YOU, MARGOT ROBBIE (SCREENPLAY)

  • The GLAAD List (2022)

  • Director’s Choice Award: Best Feature Script - Austin Revolution Film Festival

PANCAKE SKANK (short SCREENPLAY)

  • Best Short Screenplay - Nantucket Film Festival (2022)

  • Best Short Screenplay - Broad Humor Film Festival (2019)

QUEEN FOR A DAY (short) (2019)

  • Honorable Mention - Short. Sweet. Film Fest.

  • Nominated: Best LGBTQ Short - Austin Revolution Film Festival

  • Finalist: American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival

Dragtivists (documentary short) (2017)

  • Best Director: Documentary Short - Red Dirt International Film Festival (2019)

  • Best Activist Film - Lionshead Film Festival (2018)

  • Best Micro Short Film - GLITTER! Oklahoma LGBTQ Film Festival (2018)

  • Best "Foreign" Documentary Short - Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase (2018)

  • Best Kansas Documentary - Doc Sunback Film Festival (2018)

  • Best Documentary Short Film - Twister Alley International Film Festival (2018)

  • Best Kansas Documentary Short Film - Tallgrass Film Festival (2017)

  • Nominated: Best Documentary Short - Red Dirt International Film Festival (2019)

  • Nominated: Best of Fest Short Film - Twister Alley International Film Festival (2018)

  • Nominated: Best Director Short Documentary - Twister Alley International Film Festival (2018)

  • Nominated: Best Poster - Twister Alley International Film Festival (2018)

  • Nominated: Best Documentary Short Film - Victoria TX Independent Film Festival (2018)

  • Nominated: Best Documentary - First City Film Festival (2018)

For Sale (short) (2016)

  • Best "Foreign" Micro Short (Student) - Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase (2018)

  • Nominated: Best Micro Short Drama - Bare Bones International Film Festival (2018)

  • Nominated: Best Micro Short - Eyecatcher International Film Festival (2017)

  • Nominated: Best Micro Short Drama - Austin Revolution Film Festival (2017)

  • Top 10 Finalist - Horizon Award at Sundance Film Festival (2017)

Out Here in Kansas (documentary short) (2016)

  • Best Short Documentary - Austin Revolution Film Festival (2017)

  • Best Short Documentary - GLITTER! Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival (2017)

  • Best Director: Short Documentary (Adam Knapp) - GLITTER! Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival (2017)

  • Best LGBTQ Subject - Jim Thorpe Film Festival (2017)

  • Best Documentary Short Film - Twister Alley Film Festival (2017)

Sketches (short) (2016)

  • Best "Foreign" College Film - Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase (2017)

  • Award of Excellence - BisonBison Film Festival (2017)

  • Best Concept in a Narrative Film - Red Dirt International Film Festival (2017)

  • Best Editing - Eyecatcher International Film Festival (2016)

  • Best Local Actress (Ashley Kennedy) - Outlaw Film Festival (2016)

  • Best Micro Romance Short Film - Austin Revolution Film Festival (2016)

  • Best Student Film - LA Film Awards (2016)

  • Audience Choice Award - First Friday Film Festival (2016)

  • Best Director - The Tensie Awards (2016)

Politically Correct (short) (2015)

  • Honorable Mention - TeaDance Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2017)

  • Director's Choice: University Film - Austin Revolution Film Festival (2017)

  • Best Micro Short Film - GLITTER! Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival (2017)

  • Best Comedy Short - Cinema Constant (2016)

  • Best Heartland Student Short Film - Kansas City FilmFest (2016)

  • Audience Choice Award: Comedy - Festigious International Film Festival (2015)

  • Best GLBTQ Film (Silver) - Global Independent Film Awards (2015)

  • Best Supporting Actress (Markisha Rangel, Bronze) - Global Independent Film Awards (2015)

  • Diversity and Inclusion Award (Bronze) - Global Independent Film Awards (2015)

  • Out Here Now Short Film Competition Winner - Kansas City LGBT Film Festival (2015)

  • Audience Choice: Best Indie Comedy - Top Shorts Film Festival (2015)

  • Judge's Choice Award - Doc Sunback Film Festival (2015)

  • Best Screenplay - The Tensie Awards (2015)