COMING SOON
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These events combine live storytelling, behind-the-scenes experiences, humor, reflection, and audience conversation.
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AUDIENCES
BOOK CLUBS
I love talking with readers about the stories behind the stories. What really happened, what didn’t make it onto the page, and what surprised me once I finally sat down to write it all.
Available for virtual sessions or in-person in the NYC area.
INDUSTRY EVENTS
Film schools, production companies, and media conferences.
What fifty years behind the camera taught me about storytelling, access, and observing people.
LIBRARY & COMMUNITY EVENTS
From trafficking survivors to prisoners training guide dogs, I’ve spent decades documenting people society often overlooks.
These talks explore the people behind those stories and what can happen when someone finally feels seen.
SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES
Career journeys, documentary filmmaking, and the ethics of the lens.
What fifty years taught me about seeing clearly, making choices, and knowing when to keep rolling or put the camera down.
CORPORATE EVENTS
Lessons in resilience, adaptation, and learning to think on your feet, told through real-world shoots that sometimes went smoothly and sometimes spiraled out fast.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Format: 30-60 minute presentation followed by Q&A
Delivery: Virtual or in-person (NYC area)
Style: Real stories. No slides needed.
SAMPLE TOPICS
Behind the Lens: Fifty Years of Stories Nobody Else Saw
From Mel Brooks to Muhammad Ali. From movie sets to moments that were never supposed to happen. What it takes to be there, stay there, and come away with the story.
The Camera as a Shield: Distance, Presence, and What Matters
For fifty years, I pointed the camera at everyone else. Writing this memoir forced me to turn it around.
What happens when you spend a lifetime observing people, and what you discover when you finally reflect.
The line between documenting a moment and becoming part of it.
Always Rolling: Lessons in Adaptation and Resilience
From film to video to digital. From bar mitzvahs to presidents to prisons.
How to keep going when everything changes—and why the fundamentals never do.
Documenting the Invisible: Stories That Need to Be Told
Twenty-five years of filming people most of us pass by.
Veterans, prisoners, survivors, and others fighting their way back—what they taught me about resilience, dignity, and being seen.
What Writing a Memoir Taught Me About My Own Life.
I thought I was preserving stories. Instead, reflection changed how I saw work, family, success, and the people who stayed with me.
What happens when you stop rolling long enough to look back?