About

I am an Emmy Award winning US-based freelance wildlife cinematographer. I base in Alaska and Washington State and spend time in the Southern summers in the Falkland Islands on a sheep farm in the southwest with five species of penguins. I have a variety of remote field experience, both on boats and land, and have set up and run field camps in Alaska.

I work for companies such as BBC, IMAX, PBS, Smithsonian, Disney+ and National Geographic. Some of the most recent series I’ve filmed on are the National Geographic/Disney+ series ‘Queens’, ‘Secrets of Penguins’ and ‘Underdogs.’ Our team for the National Geographic series ‘National Parks: USA’ has recently won an Emmy in Outstanding Cinematography. I have also been selected for the 2025 ASC Vision Mentorship Program.

Though cinematography is my focus, I have also done some on-camera and witness camera work. I was a presenter and cinematographer on a children’s conservation series for CBBC ‘Planet Defenders’ in the Falkland Islands on rockhopper penguins and on Schoolyard Films ‘Working with Bears’. I was featured in National Geographic ‘Queens’ episode ‘Behind the Queens’ with my focus on the phrase ‘Lift as you Climb’ (learned from my boss on the Nautilus back in 2016). The ‘Queens’ series included a press tour at New York Fashion Week ‘Fit for a Queen’, the premiere in Hollywood and the White House (2024).

Along with contracting as a cinematographer for production companies, I self funded, filmed and produced a film with Jack Johnston, called ‘My Alaskan Journey’ which is currently with ORF for distribution. This film follows family stories around Alaska and included 6 months of remote filming work and logistics in 2019. All the donations (over $15,000) from our film screening tour was donated to nonprofits in the areas we filmed at including United Tribes for Bristol Bay, Defend Yakutat, Cape St. Elias Lighthouse Association and Alaska Wildlife Alliance.

I am also a deep- sea video engineer. I was originally trained during an internship with Dr. Robert Ballard’s exploration vessel, Nautilus, controlling the live cameras on ROVs at depths of 4000 meters. I have also filmed with ROV set ups for BBC for their upcoming series, Blue Planet III.

I have a varied background working in the outdoors. I am a trained guide and naturalist in bear country, a farmer and a third generation commercial fisherwoman in the largest sockeye salmon run in the world. I own and run a commercial set net fishing operation in the Egegik district of Bristol Bay Alaska and have spent time at remote Alaska fishing camps since I was a toddler. I am very comfortable on boats and was fortunate to work for and learn from a very talented skipper down in the South Atlantic on a 50-foot sailboat for a southern summer. My family also has one of the oldest Tree Farms in Washington State which is a certified Stewardship Forest thanks to my parents and I previously worked for my family’s lodge in Cordova, Alaska Orca Adventure Lodge.

I am a FAA certified drone pilot and certified Wilderness First Responder. I own and operate my RED raptor, RED Epic-W, CN20, canon r5 and mavic drone. Learn more about my field/camera skills here and how I got into the industry here.