Hello!

I work primarily as a feature film editor.

But I edit just about anything. I also write and direct.

NARRATIVE WORK

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Jake Ryan, Lemonade Blessing, Chris Merola, Tribeca Film Festival

LEMONADE BLESSING (2025)

Feature | Tribeca Film Festival (2025), Newport Beach Film Fest (2025)

Co-Editor

John (Jake Ryan) has been the perfect boy for his devout mom, Mary (Jeanine Serralles), since he left the womb. Freshly tossed into a private Catholic high school by his mother, he falls head over heels for a devious young girl named Lilith (Skye Alyssa Friedman), a rebel with a hatred of her strict religious upbringing. She’s ready to push his morals and faith to the brink with a series of uncomfortable actions and increasingly sacrilegious dares, all in the name of her love. 

Shadow of a small plant or flower with heart-shaped leaves cast on a tiled floor near a wooden wall.

WAS I A GOOD FATHER (2024)

Short Film | Chicago South Asian Film Festival | Audience Choice for Best Film (2024)

Writer, Director, Editor, Sound Designer

Where does the ugliest side of our anger come from?

I wanted to go back in time and observe a father — almost like a spectator from the future, always hiding behind something so he doesn’t see me — and understand what leads him to hurt his own child.

I wanted to see if I could do that without judging and without forgiving. Only exploring the ambivalence.

An elderly woman and a young man are sitting with their heads bowed and eyes closed, appearing to be praying or meditating in a room with sunlight coming through a window with patterned curtains.

BROKEN TOE (2022)

Short Film

Writer, Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Cinematographer

The idea was to create a thirty-second self-portrait.

When I think of who I am, I mostly think of my family. The parts of me that feel closest to my heart are tied to them. With “Broken Toe”, I wanted to express the nature of that bond.

Close-up of green plant leaves with a gray background.

The Botanist’s Wallet That Saved My Life (2022)

Short Film

Writer, Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Cinematographer

I like to examine abandoned objects left on the ground. There’s something magical about the idea of finding a lost wallet, for instance, and unfolding its owners inner life through its contents. Primarily focusing on production design for this film, the character of who this wallet belongs to, and that of the person who finds it, evolved iteratively as I developed the environment and props. It was a more fluid filmmaking process, as a result.

Close-up of a middle-aged woman with dark hair, wearing earrings and a brown vest, sitting indoors with a serious or contemplative expression.

Farewell (2022)

Short Film

Writer, Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Cinematographer

I find goodbyes terribly painful. But I’m also curious about the moments right after a goodbye.

I asked my mother about the moments right after I left India for college. She said she walked into my room and saw that my bed was left unmade. She said she wanted to leave it like that so it felt like I never left. This film, more than anything, was an attempt to express what she felt.