updated as of july 2025.

director: ari mei-dan
producers: ari mei-dan & alex magnuson
director of photography: alex magnuson
editor: alex magnuson
colorist: ari mei-dan
a short interview documentary on lennie naperotić, a singer-songwriter from croatia. lennie studies music at berklee college of music, and discusses her experiences as an immigrant pursuing a creative career across the world.
this was made for my vm 242 (intro to documentary production) class at emerson college, with my partner alex magnuson.

my role: director + producer + colorist

shot in: october 2024.

director and writer: ari mei-dan
1st assistant director: anushka chilka
2nd assistant director: el glassman
logistics executive producer: hollie raposo
technical executive producer: max domel
associate producer: el glassman
director of photography: michael latshaw
1st assistant camera: lily farcy
2nd assistant camera: adam goddard
gaffer: noor al-sonbaty
grip: nick behson
sound recordist: steven navarro
boom op: luke bryan
script supervisor: rowan goho
intimacy coordinator: grace atkin
makeup artist: star liao
production designer: elliott thyne
production assistant: kezia mawikere
lead editor: sandra sheedy
1st assistant editor: lew billings
2nd assistant editor: olivia altiok
sound designer: aadi sinha
composer: steven weiss
behind-the-scenes: lou magliano and nick behson
CAST
zennah perez: mena alayan
matteo desouza: gabe sand
rowen baker: benjamin kilpatrick
jake varga-bates: brent j. schwartz
theo barlowe: brian rosas
the interviewer: kai smith

due to the nature of submitting films to festivals and such, i cannot share this film publicly yet!

my role: director + writer + colorist

shot in: late march and early april 2025

director, writer: nattanan jaraschatrkaew
assistant directors: alani aleli and kylie gifis
script supervisor: sofia nanji
executive producers: aadi sinha and nattanan jaraschatrkaew
producer: thomas hogan
associate producers: caroline chu, kara powell, and riley oluwu
director of photography: aris liang
assistant camera: brady zielinski

gaffer: claire smith
grips: max domel and jonathan chin
sound recordist and boom op: jay rowell

production designer: grey cunningham
costumer designer: kali tapper
art team: elissa lowry and olivia bortolon

lead editor: riley oluwu
assistant editor: caroline chu
sound designer: kendall ramsay
colorist: ari mei-dan
composer: kaidan larson
CAST
dao: saya elisofon
ghost: shaoliang “edison” li
harley: gabe sand
joan: jordan elias

due to the nature of submitting films to festivals and such, i cannot share this film publicly yet!

my role: colorist

shot in: november 2024

can’t wait for perfect by bob reynolds, as performed by barn cat.
recorded & edited by ari mei-dan.
saxophone — matt cincotta.
guitar — luca medina-downs.
bass — tom gladstone.
piano — matt weinstein.
drums — zach brownstein.

light club lamp shop, burlington vt — 04/20/24

superstition by stevie wonder, as performed by comatose kids.
recorded & edited by ari mei-dan.
vocals & guitar — sawyer bouley.
piano — yann calderwood.
bass — kai pasciak.
drums — tobey siegel.

a random basement, burlington vt — 03/01/24.