CURRENT MISSION

Nurture my curiosity, explore, form new lasting friendships.

ABOUT ME

Ambitious, open minded, traveler and aspiring film director, screenwriter, cinematographer. I graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York State in May of 2016 and I currently major in Film and TV Production at USC School of Cinematic Arts.

PHILOSOPHY

"Know Thyself"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd like to share my traveling experiences with locals and learn about their own culture and perspective. I like to meet new people and create lasting connections in the places I travel to, friends who share a passion for traveling and sharing with others.

Interests

Filmmaking, writing, literature, music, sport, etc.

• arts
• photography
• film festivals
• traveling
• music
• sports
• art history
• history
• philosophy
• psychology
• volunteering
• filmmaking
• films
• cinema
• cinematography

Music, Movies, and Books

Cinema:
Japan: Takeshi Kitano, Hayao Miyazaki, Hiroshi Teshigahara
France: Jacques Demy, Alice-Guy Blaché, George Méliès, Céline Sciamma, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda
US: Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Julie Dash
Germany: Wim Wenders, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Austrian: Michael Haneke
Argentina: Fernando Solanas
England: Sally Potter, Alfred Hitchcock
India: Mira Nair, Satyajit Ray
Italy: Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini
Sweden: Ingmar Bergman
Saudi Arabia: Haifaa al-Mansour
Indonesia: Garin Nugroho, Riri Riza
Russia: Andrei Tarkovsky

Music: New Age, Rock, alternative

Books: Short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Le Lion by Joseph Kessel.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteering in Nepal (Pokhara) 2013, India (Faridabad)2014, and in China (Ürümqi) 2015.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland, United States