Experience

ESJ Paris

• France
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer, Documentary Filmmaking Master Program

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Designed the syllabus of the Documentary Filmmaking Master Program for remote students. Teaching students and helping them direct their own documentary short film over the course of a semester. Designed the syllabus of the Documentary Filmmaking Master Program for remote students. Teaching students and helping them direct their own documentary short film over the course of a semester.



JCDe Productions

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound

• Executive Producer & Director

  • May 2010 - Present

  Produced and directed 8 feature documentary films as well as scores of TV documentaries, short films and news stories for major TV networks both in Europe and in the U.S. Developed docuseries. Edited sizzles and teasers. Produced podcasts for public radio. Produced, directed and edited short films for corporations. Films: RYTHMS OF TOMORROW (2023). Feature documentary on Detroit techno legend Carl Craig. SCARS WE CARRY (2023). Feature documentary on the athartic journey of a man trekking back through the haunting past endured by his father and grandfather during the Holocaust in order to understand and accept an identity that he has refuted since his young adulthood. ENES, THE PRICE OF FREEDOM (2022). TV documentary on the former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom. IN THE CROWD (2022). Feature documentary on the murder of a fan by hooligans of his own team during a soccer game in Argentina. Coming soon. HARLEY (2021). Feature documentary film about atypical lawyer from New Jersey, who embarks on a quixotic quest for love. World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. CORONAVIRUS HOT SPOT New York (2020). TV documentary on the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in New York City. STRAY BULLET (2018). Feature documentary film about gangs and gun violence in Paterson, NJ. ADOPTED OUT (2018). TV short documentary on the forced adoption of children of deported undocumented migrants in the U.S. LA PRENDA (THE PAWN, 2015). Feature documentary on kidnappings of young women in Guatemala. The film premiered at Hot Docs and won several awards in New York and around the world RIDING THE DEATH TRAIN (2014). Short documentary on a young Mexican migrant. Launch film of AJ+. BY MY SIDE (A MI LADO, 2012). Feature documentary about 3 women living in the largest landfill in Central America. The film won several awards. Show less



Radio Télévision Suisse

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Producer & Reporter

  • Mar 2010 - Dec 2022

  Produced and directed TV stories and series of podcasts both in the U.S and in Central and Latin America. Produced and directed two major TV documentaries. Field produced for TV. Guest on live news shows to provide expertise and analysis. Produced and directed TV stories and series of podcasts both in the U.S and in Central and Latin America. Produced and directed two major TV documentaries. Field produced for TV. Guest on live news shows to provide expertise and analysis.



Tribune de Genève

• Switzerland
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• U.S. Bureau Chief

  • Jul 2002 - Jul 2021

  Opened the US Bureau in New York for the Swiss daily newspapers Tribune de Genève and 24 heures in 2002. Covered breaking news and feature stories. Past coverage includes: 5 U.S. presidential elections, Guantanamo, Cuba, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, George Floyd, inner-city issues, the political crisis in Venezuela. Conducted interviews with U.S. elected officials. Opened the US Bureau in New York for the Swiss daily newspapers Tribune de Genève and 24 heures in 2002. Covered breaking news and feature stories. Past coverage includes: 5 U.S. presidential elections, Guantanamo, Cuba, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, George Floyd, inner-city issues, the political crisis in Venezuela. Conducted interviews with U.S. elected officials.



France-Amérique

• Media Production

• Editor-in-chief

  • May 2008 - Sep 2010

  Managed the newsroom of the largest French publication in the United States. Transformed the magazine. Managed a network of freelance reporters and photographers. Developed and launched the new website. Managed the newsroom of the largest French publication in the United States. Transformed the magazine. Managed a network of freelance reporters and photographers. Developed and launched the new website.



24 heures

• Switzerland
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist / World Section

  • Jul 1999 - Jul 2002

  Covered world news for 24heures, a major daily paper in Switzerland. Covered world news for 24heures, a major daily paper in Switzerland.