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The Texas Killing Fields

Winner of 2 Emmys (Best Documentary & Best Photography) • NPPA Documentary Award • Telly Award

A haunting, first-person investigation into the unsolved murders of four young women discovered between 1984 and 1991 in the same abandoned oil field in League City, Texas. The Texas Killing Fields was built entirely through raw, unfiltered testimony — victims’ families, detectives, FBI agents, attorneys, and the prime suspect himself — without a single line of narration.

This approach created one of the most chilling true-crime documentaries ever produced in Texas. Featuring the exclusive and only filmed interview with the central suspect, the project combines investigative depth with cinematic pacing, atmospheric photography, and emotional storytelling that stays with viewers long after the final frame.

The documentary became one of the most decorated works of my career, earning two Emmy Awards, the NPPA Documentary Award, and a Telly Award, and remains a benchmark for narrative journalism and long-form crime storytelling in Texas.

Director • Producer • Photographer • Editor

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JFK50: EYEWITNESS To History

Emmy Award - Best Documentary • Nationally & Internationally Broadcast

A first-person retelling of the JFK assassination told entirely by the people who lived it — reporters, police officers, medical staff, and eyewitnesses on the ground in Dallas. Blending rare archival film with cinematic restraint, the documentary delivers what many regard as the definitive account of November 22, 1963.

It premiered at the historic Texas Theatre, aired nationally and internationally, and won the Emmy for Best Documentary.

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Director • Producer • Photographer • Editor

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A three-part, on-the-ground investigation into MS-13 — tracing the gang’s violence from El Salvador to Houston. With rare access inside prisons, affected communities, and law-enforcement operations, the series delivers raw, high-risk reporting and cinematic storytelling.

It earned Emmys for Journalistic Enterprise and Crime Series, along with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award.

Emmy Awards:
Journalistic Enterprise • Crime Series • Emmy Nomination for Editing •
Regional Edward R. Murrow Award

Inside MS-13: The World’s Deadliest Gang

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Director • Producer • Photographer • Editor

A chilling profile of Sarah Hartsfield, whose fractured relationships and troubling past came back into focus when she was arrested in 2024. Interviews reveal how those closest to her saw two very different versions of the same woman — a duality that led to tragedy.

The Two Sides of Sarah

Emmy Award – Editing • 1M+ Views

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Director • Producer • Photographer • Editor

A fast-moving investigation into how a music festival spiraled into one of Houston’s worst mass-casualty events. Through survivor accounts, expert insight, and an exclusive whistleblower interview, the story reveals ignored warnings, response failures, and how the tragedy could have been prevented.

Emmy Award – Editing • Telly Award

Astroworld: Countdown to Tragedy

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Producer • Editor

One of Texas’s most heartbreaking cases, The Murder of Baby Grace follows the investigation into an unidentified toddler found in Galveston Bay — a mystery that stunned the nation. The documentary traces how detectives uncovered her identity, pieced together her final days, and brought those responsible to justice.

Emmy Award – Human Interest

The Murder of Baby Grace

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A 1983 triple homicide at Corvette Concepts went unsolved for decades until new evidence finally revealed the truth. This Emmy-winning feature traces the case, the wrong man once suspected, and the break that brought justice.

Emmy Award – Crime Feature

Corvette Concepts

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Producer • Editor

When Texas took control of Houston’s largest school district, one middle school became the center of a high-stakes experiment. With exclusive access inside Fleming Middle School, The Takeover follows students, teachers, and families through a year of sweeping reform, scrutiny, and daily challenges.

The story shows what happens when education becomes both a battleground and a lifeline.

Emmy Award – Education Longform

The Takeover

Trailers

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A short, powerful teaser for JFK50: EYEWITNESS to History, the nationally and internationally broadcast documentary told through the people who witnessed and reported President Kennedy’s assassination. The trailer uses archival footage and first-person accounts to introduce the film’s reporter-driven perspective.

National & International Broadcast

JFK50: EYEWITNESS To History Trailer

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Director • Producer • Photographer • Editor

A trailer for The City I See, a feel-good documentary work in progress that lets viewers see the world through the eyes of four blind Chicagoans achieving remarkable things — overcoming limits with creativity, determination, and joy.

Documentary Teaser

The City I See – Trailer

A haunting, narration-free, four-part investigation into four unsolved murders discovered in the same Texas oil field. Told only through testimony — families, detectives, FBI agents, and the prime suspect — the series delivers a raw, immersive true-crime experience.

It earned two Emmys, the NPPA Documentary Award, and a Telly.

Apollo 11: Mission to the Moon

Emmy Award • Telly Award
Documentary Program

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Editor • Producer • Photographer

A 50th-anniversary documentary blending archival footage and modern storytelling to capture the global impact of Apollo 11.

Its core is the two-part “Inside Mission Control” series, which recreates the tension and teamwork behind the moon landing. The project earned an Emmy and a Telly Award for its cinematic and historically faithful approach.

A definitive, journalist-driven retelling of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — told through the voices of the men and women who lived it, reported it, and shaped the nation’s understanding of November 22, 1963.

Blending newly shot interviews, first-person accounts, rare archival film, original reporting, and historically faithful visual storytelling, JFK50: EYEWITNESS TO History became the most critically acclaimed newsroom-centered JFK documentary of its kind.

Filmed and edited with a restrained, cinematic style, the documentary reveals how reporters on the ground navigated chaos, misinformation, grief, and responsibility in real time. Their recollections — honest, emotional, and often haunting — give the story an immediacy that transcends typical anniversary coverage.

The film premiered at the historic Texas Theatre on the 50th anniversary of the assassination, aired across major broadcast platforms, and earned the Emmy Award for Best Documentary, cementing it as one of the most important longform journalistic works produced in Dallas.

A relentless, on-the-ground investigation into one of the world’s most violent and feared criminal organizations. This three-part series exposes how MS-13’s brutality is rooted in poverty, corruption, fractured governments, and decades of unchecked violence — stretching from the streets of El Salvador to neighborhoods in Houston, Texas.

With unprecedented access and courageous field reporting, the series takes viewers inside prisons, inside communities fighting to survive, and inside the systems that allowed MS-13 to expand its influence. The reporting is raw. The danger is real. And the consequences are deeply human.

Filmed across multiple countries, the series blends investigative journalism with cinematic pacing and clean, precise editing to reveal how local and international failures allowed MS-13 to flourish. The project earned Emmy Awards for Journalistic Enterprise and Crime Series, and a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award.

Emmy Awards – Journalistic Enterprise • Crime Series • Emmy Nomination for Editing • Regional Edward R. Murrow Award

Emmy Award • Telly Award – Documentary Program

A documentary special produced for Houston during the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Apollo 11: Mission to the Moon blends archival footage, historical context, and contemporary storytelling to revisit the mission that changed the world.

The show open establishes the visual style of the program with a grounded, atmospheric approach — using a vintage television and historical footage to introduce the Apollo era in a simple, authentic way.

But the centerpiece of the project is the two-part “Inside Mission Control” series, which reconstructs the tension and precision inside Mission Control during the moon landing. These segments combine archival audio, period imagery, and clean, disciplined editing to capture the intensity of the moment and the human teamwork behind the success of Apollo 11.

The strength of these Mission Control pieces contributed directly to the program earning both an Emmy Award and a Telly Award, and they remain some of my strongest examples of historical and archival storytelling.

A chilling true-crime profile of Sarah Hartsfield — a woman whose life was marked by conflicting identities, troubled relationships, and unexplained incidents. Originally produced years before the case resurfaced, the piece took on new significance in 2024 when Hartsfield was convicted of murdering her husband, Joseph Hartsfield, confirming long-held suspicions about her violent past.

Through intimate interviews and measured, investigative pacing, the story reveals how those closest to Sarah saw two dramatically different versions of the same person — a duality that ultimately ended in tragedy.