CREDITS
Noor (2021)
Directed by Ömer Yilmaz
Noor, a 35 year-old Syrian refugee working for Uber in Los Angeles, has to deal with a difficult rider while her husband in Syria could be in trouble.
The music of Noor features acute tension, mystery, and the complicated emotions of Noor's experience.
Toast (2021)
Directed by Oliver Rogers
In Toast, an odd but fascinating comedy, one man's struggle to get his only desire - a piece of toast.
Cuban Earth (2020)
Directed by Melinda Levin
"Cuban Earth" follows arts group Teatro Callejero Medio Ambiental (Street Theatre about the Environment) as it uses colorful, jubilant street performances in Havana and Pinar del Rio, Cuba to garner respect for the environment and animals. "Cuban Earth" earned a silver and two gold Telly Awards in 2020.
The music of Cuban Earth features thoughtful textures and meaningful melodies, giving you a look into this incredible theater group.
Cuban Earth (2020)
Directed by Melinda Levin
Co-Film Composer
Under the direction of Soundtrack Supervisor and veteran film composer, Ruth Mendelson, Jake Frederick Olson composed the music for "Cuban Earth" with a team of composers from Berklee College of Music
Film Composer
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Sound Designer
Apparition (2021)
Directed by Alicia Pavlis
In Apparition, unexplained occurrences take place at an eerie farmhouse, as two grieving sisters with a complicated relationship find themselves entangled between the past and the present, while trying to make sense of guilt, grief and loss.
Sound Designer
Redbird (2022)
Directed by Abebe Dagmawi
In Redbird, Leon Dart, a young emerging African American rodeo rider living in a small town in Oklahoma, must choose between his personal life or chasing after his dream of becoming a full time rider.
Film Composer
MASKS (2022)
Directed by Samm Azen
In this experimental film entirely absent of dialogue, we enter a vibrant world of stylized masks where one young man struggles to find and express his own unique identity amidst a quarantine.
MASKS won Best Experimental Film at the Oregon Short Film Festival