Director of Photography | PBS
"An example of how art can remake the world."
- The New Yorker
"Beautiful."
-The Wall Street Journal
Invitation
9 Parts explores how identity fractures under intimacy. The film asks what happens when the same person is seen through different relationships, power dynamics, and emotional contracts—and whether any version can claim to be whole.
Rather than offering a single truth, the story unfolds in pieces. Each section reframes what came before, challenging the audience to sit with contradiction rather than resolution. This is a film that trusts viewers to stay present as meaning accumulates.
What I Shaped
As cinematographer, my work centered on supporting a structure built around perspective rather than continuity. Each part carries its own emotional temperature while remaining connected to a shared visual language.
Camera distance, framing, and containment shift subtly across segments—mirroring changes in trust, access, and control. Visual choices were calibrated to feel intentional without announcing themselves, allowing transitions to register emotionally before they register intellectually.
The approach favored coherence over uniformity. Variation wasn’t treated as disruption, but as narrative function.
What It Feels Like to Watch
Watching 9 Parts is cumulative rather than declarative. Meaning emerges slowly, shaped by repetition and contrast rather than explanation.
The experience is intimate and unsettled. The camera stays close enough to feel personal, but never instructive—leaving space for the audience to reassess earlier assumptions as new context appears. The film invites participation rather than closure.
Impact & Reach
As an independent feature, 9 Parts found its audience through festival circulation and curated screenings, resonating with viewers drawn to character-driven stories that challenge traditional narrative form.
The film stands as an example of how structural risk can deepen emotional engagement—using fragmentation not as a gimmick, but as a reflection of lived experience.
Reflection
This project reinforced the value of precision in unconventional storytelling. When structure carries meaning, every visual choice must remain accountable to emotion rather than style.
9 Parts sharpened my interest in stories that trust the audience—to connect fragments, sit with ambiguity, and find resonance without instruction.