Filmmaker and Impact Producer

I’m a Canadian-American writer, director and producer of documentary films and TV. As a storyteller for 25 years, I thrive most when I’m creating work that has a lasting impact — whether that’s in politics, science or health. I always dreamed of being a writer but it wasn’t until I was at Victoria College, U of Toronto that I thought I could be one. In my last year at U of T, I was elected the Opinions Editor of the student newspaper. It was my job to take a myriad of perspectives and craft a timely and compelling section to read. It not only whet my appetite for exciting discourse, it taught me the importance of challenging pre-conceived notions, my own and our readers’. A few years later, I landed in NYC with just the yellow pages as my guide. My first job was running errands for the legendary doc filmmaker, Albert Maysles. From 1995 to 2011, I worked my way up as a freelance producer, working on projects for PBS, HBO, MTV, CBC, A&E and Sony Pictures Classics. I learned much of my craft working alongside acclaimed directors Michael Apted, Jonathan Demme and Lisa F. Jackson, all of whom forgave my unfortunate lack of navigation skills. In 2004, I co-directed the documentary feature, Women on the Frontlines, that premiered at the U.N. and aired on PBS. Shot in Afghanistan, Burundi, Bosnia, Argentina and the U.S. it was my first foray into directing. Soon after, my DP husband, Guy Mossman, and I started Vox Pop FIlms, a production company based in NYC. In 2009, we moved to LA where for the next 10 years, we focused on creating branded content and commercials while brainstorming ideas for longer films. In 2022, we released our passion project, The Human Trial. For close to a decade, we followed a clinical trial that was programming stem cells to cure type 1 diabetes. Alongside Guy, I wrote, produced and directed the film. It’s been featured in the New York Times, NPR, The National News and Forbes, as well as the CBC and the Toronto Star. In 2023, the film was nominated for the prestigious Humanitas Prize. The film — available on Prime Video, Apple TV and Documentary+ — has been screened by more than 200 organizations, including Stanford University, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Novo-Nordisk and on Canada’s Parliament Hill. Because of the film, I have found my passion as a speaker and patient advocate, lobbying for faster cures and better treatments. I’m a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Writer’s Guild of America and New York Women in Film & Television.