Video
Mobile Storytelling, Shorts, Documentaries
As the Deputy Director of Mobile Storytelling at National Geographic (2019-2021), I directed a team of video producers creating award-winning, highly produced, mobile–first stories including Instagram, TikTok, and special-build tap stories. I commissioned and oversaw production on short form videos including the newly launched From the Field series. Here are some of the projects I executively produced.
Mobile:
Instagram Stories
My Role: Deputy Director of Mobile Storytelling at National Geographic
Mesmerizing video reveals shocking bee behavior, including how they cook honret invaders alive! NGM 3/20 story. Videographer: Ingo Arndt; Mobile Producer: Milaena Hamilton.
This experimental Q&A style instagram story engages our audience with photographer Laurent Ballesta and 3 other explorers who spent 28 days in a capsule under the sea. NGM 5/21 story. Mobile Producer: Rebekah Barlas.
Behind the scenes video about how “The Year in Pictures” NGM 1/21 issue came together. Mobile Producer: Cosima Amelang.
Motion:
Shorts and Films
My Role: Executive Producer
Exclusive: A Conversation with Alex Honnold and the Co-Directors of Academy Award Winning Documentary "Free Solo" (Published 10/6/18 on National Geographic.)
Summary: Take a look behind the scenes of the National Geographic documentary film "Free Solo," which chronicles Alex Honnold's unbelievable free-solo climb up El Capitan. He is the first person to summit the near-vertical 3,000-foot face without any ropes or safety gear. National Geographic Sr. Photo Editor Sadie Quarrier caught up with Honnold as well as co-directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi at the film's premiere in New York.
Credits: Photographer: Jimmy Chin, Samuel Crossley; Interview Footage: Premiere TV; Producer/Editor: Gabbi Ewing; Producer/Photo Editor/Interviewer: Sadie Quarrier
The Making of a Photograph: Commitment March (Published 12/13/20 on National Geographic.)
Summary: National Geographic photographer Stephen Wilkes gives a behind-the-scenes account of how he photographed his "Day to Night" image of the Commitment March in Washington, D.C.
Credits: Photographer: Stephen Wilkes; Assistants: Lenny Christopher, Mike Moran, George McKenzie, Jr.; Loupe View Editor: Alex Abdalian; Photo Engineer: Tom O’Brien; Producer/Editor: Shweta Gulati; Executive Producers: Whitney Johnson, Sadie Quarrier, Kathy Moran
The Class of 2020 Says Goodbye (Published 6/24/20 on National Geographic.)
Awards: POYi 3rd Pl Docmentary Daily Life (IGS version); NPPA 3rd Pl Pandemic, Large Team; SPD Finalist Video of the Year; SPD Finalist Video-Feature Video: News/Documentary; SPD Finalist Social Story (IGS)
Summary: On March 13, St. Francis High School in Wisconsin temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After 92 days of quarantine, the students came back one last time for a graduation parade and reflected on their experiences.
Credits: Director: Diana Markosian; Cinematographer: Andy Catarisano; Sound Producer: Hendrix Gullixson; Editor: Kate Emerson; Producers: Lauren Justice, Swheta Gulati; Executive Producers: Whitney Johnson, Sadie Quarrier
Behind the Scenes of Our January 2021 Special Issue, '2020: The Year in Pictures’ (Published 12/16/20 on National Geographic.)
Awards: POYi 3rd Pl Docmentary Daily Life (IGS version); NPPA 3rd Pl Pandemic, Large Team; SPD Finalist Video of the Year; SPD Finalist Video-Feature Video: News/Documentary; SPD Finalist Social Story (IGS)
Summary: On March 13, St. Francis High School in Wisconsin temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After 92 days of quarantine, the students came back one last time for a graduation parade and reflected on their experiences.
Credits: Director: Diana Markosian; Cinematographer: Andy Catarisano; Sound Producer: Hendrix Gullixson; Editor: Kate Emerson; Producers: Lauren Justice, Swheta Gulati; Executive Producers: Whitney Johnson, Sadie Quarrier