short films
Dead Dude
2026 Short Film
Currently in Development
Director, Producer, & Lead Artist
Three teenage girls find a dead body in the desert. Convinced they'll be charged with the crime, they must find a way to dispose of the body without getting caught.
Dead Dude is currently in development. Character Designs and Concept Art has been created and Storyboards are in progress. Click below to see the latest progress.
Set in 1967, a devout disciple must help her cult leader escape as the police close in on their commune.
Children of August is a 4-minute animated short film adapting a scene from my feature-length script, Peak of August. In the 1967 Summer of Love, naïve disciple Opal races to smuggle her cult leader out of their commune before the police arrive and her fellow disciples realize he’s running away.
Semi-Finalist at the San Jose International Film Festival
Selected for Palm Springs International Film Festival & First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Director, Producer, & Lead Artist
2022 Short Film
Children of August
Indian in a Box
2025 Short Film
Title & MOE Designer, Graphic Designer
"Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on Earth.
An Indian immigrant awakens inside a confined metal box, with the walls slowly closing in - unless he can do the work assigned to him."
- Director, Nishanth R.
Audience Award Winner for 50/50 International Film Festival - Horror
Selected for Fantasia, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, 538th Galway Film Festival, Fantaspoa
A desperate composer is tormented by ghosts of her past after she takes credit for her late mother’s unfinished symphony.
"Burning Rope is a cautionary tale about ambition, fear, and the creative struggle. This 2D animated Gothic ghost story is the product of over five years of independent, international collaboration developed by a global team of artists working across borders to create something unique."
- Director, Juan Belardi
Winner of Los Angeles Animation Festival
Selected for CTN Featured Showcase & The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream
2D Character Animator & Clean-Up Artist
2025 Short Film
Burning Rope
A Wrinkle in Crime
2021 Short Film
Background Artist & Clean-Up Animator
"Join our dynamic crime duo in a heist, thwarted by an adorable 'wrinkle' in their plan.
A Wrinkle in Crime is heartfelt and amusing, taking place in a 1960's gangster/heist setting. It combines our love for film history that was sparked at film restoration festival we attended together while studying abroad in Italy. Kayla loves period pieces and research, while Lacey loves a heartfelt story that tugs at your heartstrings."
- Directors, Kayla Terry and Lacey Chappel
Finalist at Los Angeles Film Festival, LA Student Film Festival, &
accordi @ DISACCORDI - International Short Film Festival
Criminal Mimes
2020 Short Film
Colorist & Clean-up Animator
"Born from a stupid pun from four years ago, Criminal Mimes is a comedic short about two mimes pulling off an art heist—until one of them discovers he may love art more than he loves crime."
- Director, Harrison Klein
Winner at Los Angeles Film Awards & 2020 SFTV Film Awards
Semi-Finalist at Festigiouss International Film Festival
