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)