At The Atlantic, I created a documentary series.
I launched and built a short-documentary series that brought cinematic filmmaking to The Atlantic’s long-form journalism audience, expanding the brand’s global reach through YouTube. Conceived as an online film festival, the series became an international hub for short documentaries, featuring more than 250 films, 400 million lifetime views, 500,000 subscribers, and an Academy Award nomination. Each film was accompanied by an original article on theatlantic.com.
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The Loneliness EpidemicWatch some of my favorites below, or watch them all here.
The Balloonfest That Went Horribly Wrong
The Lost World of Transhumance
A Day in the Life of a Sniper in Syria
An Act of Love and Trust
The Death of the Church
The Love Between Man and Beast
My Mother’s Ghost Story
The Photograph That Changed How We See the World
An Autodidact in Tajikistan
Ghost Stories Keep the Roma Alive
Atomic Veterans Break the Silence
The Reality of Video Game Addiction
A Monk’s Son Struggles to Find Meaning
An Unflinching Look at Parenting Special-Needs Kids
The 11-Year-Old Environmentalist
A Disturbing New Reality in Criminal Court
He Served the Longest Sentence of Any Innocent U.S. Inmate
The Future of Food is Zero Waste
The Tax Experiment That Failed
An Architectural Tour of Post-apocalyptic Manhattan
The Double Life of a Truck Driver
A Kidnapped Child's Disturbing ArtA Day in the Life of a Sniper in Syria
Chinese Rappers Will Not Be Silenced
Millions of Chinese Kids Are Parenting Themselves
Through the Eyes of Deaf Children
A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Ponders Life and Death
A Devastating Story of Hate and Murder
A Russian Mail-Order Bride and a Jaw-Dropping Twist
A Quirky Menagerie of Disabled Animals
A Famous Chef's Heartbreaking Regret