Narrative Short · Drama
Static Bloom
A 14-minute drama about a radio DJ broadcasting through her town's last night before the signal goes dark.
14 minRuntime
3Selections
1Awards
DirectorCo-WriterEditor
Now Screening
Callahan Pictures
Booking Fall 2026 · Open to features
Cut to black.Then, somehow, cut to hope.
Writer-director working across narrative shorts, branded film, and documentary. Six festival selections, one feature in development, and no interest in safe coverage.
14Projects directed
06Festival selections
03Awards won
2026Feature in development
SundanceShort Film Showcase●SXSWNarrative Shorts●TribecaOfficial Selection●SlamdanceJury Prize●AFI FestDocumentary Selection●Cannes Short CornerMarket Screening●SundanceShort Film Showcase●SXSWNarrative Shorts●TribecaOfficial Selection●SlamdanceJury Prize●AFI FestDocumentary Selection●Cannes Short CornerMarket Screening●
01Director's Statement
No safe coverage.
Focus areas
- Narrative direction
- Visual language & blocking
- Actor direction
- Post & color supervision
I picked up my dad's camcorder at eleven to fake a documentary about our block. Nobody in it was acting — that was the first time I understood the camera changes what happens in front of it.
Coverage is a safety net. I'd rather block a scene so precisely that we only need one angle than shoot six and hope the edit finds the film. If it can be cut around, it wasn't necessary in the first place.
02The Process
Script to screen.
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SCENE 01
Develop
Break the script down to its one true idea before a single shot is planned.
02
SCENE 02
Preproduction
Lock locations, casting, and a shot list built to protect the performance.
03
SCENE 03
Production
Direct for the edit — every setup earns its place in the cut.
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SCENE 04
Post
Sit inside the edit, the mix, and the grade until the film matches the intention.
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SCENE 05
Release
Build the festival and distribution strategy the film actually deserves.
03Filmography
Six reels, one voice.
Tilt a card to preview the take — every project below shipped through the process above.
Narrative Short · Neo-Noir
Last Light Diner
Two strangers and a graveyard-shift waitress negotiate a debt that isn't about money, shot in one continuous night.
11 minRuntime
2Selections
1Festival wins
DirectorCinematographer
Feature Documentary
Bloodline Radio
A feature doc following a pirate radio station's last broadcast season, three years in the making.
78 minRuntime
46Shoot days
2Festival runs
DirectorProducer
Narrative Short · Sci-Fi
Departure Gate 12
A quietly devastating short about a border agent processing the last flight before a planetary evacuation.
9 minRuntime
1Selections
22VFX shots
DirectorCo-Writer
Branded Film · Narrative
The Understudy
A narrative-first brand film for an independent theatre company, built to run festivals as much as ad slots.
3 minRuntime
2Shoot days
410KViews
DirectorClient: Riverside Theatre
Feature Film · In Development
Concrete Choir
My debut feature — a choir director rebuilding a program in a city shutting its schools down one by one.
FinancingStatus
104Pages locked
2027Target
DirectorWriter
04By The Numbers
A reel, not a résumé.
0Festival selections
0Awards won
0Projects directed
0K+Total reel views
05The Screening Room
Six frames. One cut.
Keep scrolling — the reel fans out one frame at a time, then locks into the final print.
FRAME 01
Storyboard
Every scene blocked on paper before a location is scouted.
ASSEMBLING FRAMESNOW SCREENING
06Behind The Scenes
Where the takes get made.
07Production History
Every set earns the next one.
Writer-Director · Callahan Pictures
2022 — PresentFounded a two-person production shop to direct narrative shorts and branded film on my own terms.
DirectionDevelopmentPost Supervision
Associate Director · Northbound Documentary Co.
2020 — 2022Shadowed and eventually co-directed observational documentary segments for a regional broadcast series.
DocumentaryField ProducingVerite Camera
1st Assistant Director · Freelance, Austin Indie Circuit
2018 — 2020Ran sets on a dozen no-to-low-budget shorts, learning the schedule before I ever trusted myself with the story.
SchedulingSet ManagementLine Producing
08The Craft
Footage exposed, by reel.
Directing96%
Cinematography84%
DaVinci Resolve88%
Sound Design72%
Screenwriting90%
Color Grading80%
09Awards & Selections
Laurels that mean something.
Jury Prize, Narrative Short
Slamdance Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
Sundance Film Festival
2024
Best Cinematography
Austin Film Society
2023
Vimeo Staff Pick
Vimeo
2023
10What The Crew Says
Straight off the call sheet.
Reid blocks a scene the way editors wish more directors would — by the time we got to the cut, half my job was already done on set.
Most directors chase coverage to feel safe. Reid trusts the blocking, trusts the actor, and it shows — the takes feel lived-in, not directed.
We programmed Bloodline Radio because it didn't feel like a first feature-length doc. The patience in the edit is rare at that experience level.
11Call Sheet
Let's book the next take.
Narrative short, branded film, or a feature that needs a director attached — send the brief and I'll reply within a day.