EXPERIENCE

BOOK EDITOR/AUTHOR
TASCHEN GmbH / 2000-present
Books on photography, film, and design. Responsibilities include conception, proposals, contract negotiation, archival research, book content and structure, coordination with artists/estates, photo/media editing, writing text and captions, commissioning/editing texts, supervision of translation/proofreading, hiring/working with designers, coordinating production.
Editor/contributing author of: Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (2001), The Stanley Kubrick Archives (2005), Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon (2009), Linda McCartney: A Life in Photographs (2011),  Jane & Serge: A Family Album (2013), Jacques Tati (forthcoming), Linda McCartney: Polaroids (forthcoming). 
Author/editor of: Marc Newson: Works (2012), Saturday Night Live: The Book (2015).

writing samples

FILMMAKER
House of Castle / 2013-present
Co-producer, director, and cinematographer of a feature documentary on the artist Wendell Castle.

FREELANCE CREATIVE
House of Castle / 2013-present
Copywriter, editor, designer, and creative consultant. Clients include JumpLine Group, Premier Exhibitions, Waxploitation Records, and Big Productions (Paris), and Karla Otto. 

COPYWRITER/MAGAZINE EDITOR
​TASCHEN GmbH / 2000-2013
In-house writer of all online copy, including book descriptions, headlines, artist interviews, and author biographies, on book subjects ranging from Leonardo da Vinci and Frank Lloyd Wright to psychedelic sex and apartment wrestling. 
Writer, editor, and creative director of the biannual TASCHEN Magazine.
Short film conception, writing, and direction for book-related promotion.
Remote management of website texts via CMS.
Sales and PR copy for website, special events, and direct marketing emails.

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WRITER
Picture magazine / 1998-2000
Monthly contributions of photo equipment news and reviews, photographer profiles and interviews, book reviews, and photo exhibition/event news and reviews​.

FILM DEVELOPER/PHOTO PRINTER
Laboratoire Dupon, Paris / 1999

PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT/STUDIO MANAGER
Jim Sulley Studio, New York, NY / 1995-1997        
            

EDUCATION

MASTER OF ARTS
Fine art photography, video, and filmmaking
ICP/New York University
1997-1998
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Philosophy
Columbia University
1991-1995
Cambridge University
Junior year abroad
1993-1994

​MISCELLANY
Computer skills: Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, 
MS Office, Keynote, CMS, basic HTML
Teaching and public speaking experience
Fluent in French, proficient in Italian
​Member of Mensa
Born and raised in upstate New York
Lived in Paris from 1999 to 2013