I like to make things.
Films, friends, breakfast, legal turns, people, poems. Not in that order, and sometimes against my will.
In 2007, I founded NELA Films with my husband and partner, Adam Bluming, after having worked in features and docs for over 10 years.
Between film projects (and raising two daughters), I have worked with children in places ranging from a refugee camp in Thailand to middle school classrooms in Taos, New Mexico and K-12 blacktop playgrounds in Los Angeles.
For 15 years, I merged my love of filmmaking and working with kids in the projects I created for Sesame Workshop. More recently, I developed, produced and co-directed a children’s reading series with YouTube Originals and Boardwalk Pictures.
Additional proud projects include films made for CNN Heroes, Stand Up To Cancer, Red Nose Day, LAUSD, YouTube Kids and Little, Brown and Company.
My films have been viewed over 400,000,000 times (largely on other people’s platforms, in case you want to work together or help me switch up my business model).
I am a 2024 Writer-in-Residence at Chateau d’Orquevaux in northeastern France and just finished a documentary project with some kick-ass kids (and grown ups) for letgrow.org, promoting childhood independence and resiliency.
Oh...and I wish I blogged more.
Films, friends, breakfast, legal turns, people, poems. Not in that order, and sometimes against my will.
In 2007, I founded NELA Films with my husband and partner, Adam Bluming, after having worked in features and docs for over 10 years.
Between film projects (and raising two daughters), I have worked with children in places ranging from a refugee camp in Thailand to middle school classrooms in Taos, New Mexico and K-12 blacktop playgrounds in Los Angeles.
For 15 years, I merged my love of filmmaking and working with kids in the projects I created for Sesame Workshop. More recently, I developed, produced and co-directed a children’s reading series with YouTube Originals and Boardwalk Pictures.
Additional proud projects include films made for CNN Heroes, Stand Up To Cancer, Red Nose Day, LAUSD, YouTube Kids and Little, Brown and Company.
My films have been viewed over 400,000,000 times (largely on other people’s platforms, in case you want to work together or help me switch up my business model).
I am a 2024 Writer-in-Residence at Chateau d’Orquevaux in northeastern France and just finished a documentary project with some kick-ass kids (and grown ups) for letgrow.org, promoting childhood independence and resiliency.
Oh...and I wish I blogged more.