A retrospective of GiGi’s work can be seen at this link.
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iMDB page can be seen at this link.

Filmography

Trespasses – screenwriter (2013, narrative short)
If evil looks you in the eye, do you see yourself? Trespasses confronts the line between the devil and the divine in us all.

Don’t Ask Wai – filmmaker (2010, experimental DV short)
An image and sound collaboration with musician Kate Pehrson.
The space between the dream and the journey – what you take with you, what you leave behind.
• Featured video in Shá Cage’s award-winning show “U/G/L/Y” produced with Intermedia Arts
• “Foot in the Door” Exhibition – Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Upon Time Once: (now again) – filmmaker (2008, experimental documentary DV short)
A lyrical non-fiction exploration of the dialectic between community and self, narrative and nature.

Cosmic Radio – screenwriter (2007, independent narrative feature produced by Velocity Pictures)
An aging trust-fund hipster finds himself in the middle of a battle to save his failing radio station, a forest on Native American land, and his relationship with his estranged teenage daughter. Distributed by Cinedigm and streaming on Amazon Prime Video here: http://bit.ly/48Bu63y
• Official Selection – Palm Springs International Film Festival
• Official Selection – Atlantic City Cinefest, Downbeach Film Festival
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Godzilla vs. The Intentional Community – filmmaker (2006, narrative DV short)
A comedy of smallish proportions (1 camera, 3 people, 1 iMac, 24 hours).
• Special Exhibition – The Beijing Film Academy 60th Anniversary Show – Beijing, China
• Official Selection – Women Stand Up and Shoot: A Comedic Film Competition
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L’Animal – filmmaker (2006, narrative DV short)
A parody of – and loving homage to – 1960s French New Wave cinema.
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Turquoise – producer, filmmaker, co-screenwriter (2003, independent narrative feature, first ever feature-length Western shot on digital video)
In an untamed land, caught in the bloody crossfire of the American-Indian and White worlds colliding, a man searches for himself and finds a woman’s heart.
• Winner “Audience Choice Award” – Strictly Midwest Movies & Short Hits Festival
• Official Selection – New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
• Winner “Best Screenplay” – California Independent Film Commission
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The Rover – filmmaker (1994, theatrical 16mm short)
Film Artist in collaboration with actor Viola Davis for The Guthrie Theater’s production of The Rover, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis.
• Archived at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Rites of Spring – filmmaker (1994, narrative 16mm short)
A young woman learns that the price of admission to adulthood is her innocence.
• Multiple broadcasts on Minneapolis Telecommunications Network

The Golden Door – filmmaker (1993, narrative 16mm short)
Three personal stories of immigration reflect the rich cultural history that comprises the complex narrative that is America.
• Multiple broadcasts on Minneapolis Telecommunications Network

A Story (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night) – filmmaker (1993, narrative 16mm short)
A pirate’s tale.
• Multiple broadcasts on Minneapolis Telecommunications Network
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Hankies – filmmaker (1992, narrative super8mm short)
A child’s search for magic in the world at large.
• “Fresh Works” Exhibition – Regis Center for Art, Minneapolis, MN
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