// filmmaking
Hollow Tree (2022), Producer
Hollow Tree is a feature documentary about three young women coming of age into a new climate reality in Louisiana. Directed by Kira Akerman, produced by Chachi Hauser and Monique Walton.
Hollow Tree premiered at the 2022 New Orleans Film Festival and won the Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Louisiana Feature. The film was supported by The Sundance Institute’s Kendeda Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Redford Center, the International Documentary Association, The Harnisch Foundation, the Artemis Rising Foundation, Fork Films, The Southern Documentary Fund, The JPB Foundation, and Tulane University.
“The Rat” (2019), Producer
“The Rat” is a short horror film about what women fear and who we can and cannot trust. Directed by Carlen May-Mann and produced by Chachi Hauser, Beck Kitsis, and Albert Tholen.
Official Selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Palm Springs Shortfest, among many others. Vimeo Staff Pick and now streaming on Gunpowder & Sky’s horror platform Alter.
Roll Red Roll (2018), Associate Producer
Roll Red Roll is a documentary feature that goes beyond the headlines of the notorious Steubenville, Ohio high school sexual assault case to uncover the social-media fueled “boys will be boys” culture that let it happen. Directed/produced by Nancy Schwartzman and produced by Steven Lake and Jessica Devaney.
Premiered in 2018 at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs, and has screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide, garnering 7 best documentary awards, and was a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Now streaming in 190 countries on Netflix.
Film Fellowships, Forums, and Labs
2022 Hot Docs Deal Maker with Sisters Act
2022 Sunny Side of the Doc Global Pitch with Sisters Act
2021 Holland Film Meeting Fellow with Materre
2021 Climate Story Lab South Fellow with Hollow Tree
2020 IFP/The Gotham Documentary Lab Fellow with Hollow Tree
2019 Sundance Talent Forum Fellow with Hollow Tree
2019 Southern Producer’s Lab Fellow
Shorts
“1227 Lesseps” (2017), Co-writer & Director. Premiered at 2017 New Orleans Film Festival and screened at Anthology Film Archives in NYC.
“Lolo” (2013), Writer, Producer & Director. Official Selection at the 2014 Boston Wicked Queer Film Festival and the 2014 London Fringe! Queer Film & Art Fest. Received Honors from the Wesleyan University Film Department.
