EDUCATION

      2025 MFA Film (in progress), Emerson College, Boston, MA

      2018 BFA Drama, NYU Tisch, New York, NY

      2013 Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Musical Theatre Program, Pittsburgh, PA

 

AWARDS/FESTIVALS/SCREENINGS

      2024 Official Selection, “Benny Goes Method,” Another Hole in the Head

      2024 Honorable Mention (Best Dark Comedy Short) -- Nina Zehri & Sam Permar, "Benny Goes Method," IndieX Film Fest

      2024 Award Nominee (Best Student Directors) -- Nina Zehri & Sam Permar, "Benny Goes Method," IndieX Film Fest

      2024 Award Nominee (Best Actor) -- Sam Permar, "Benny Goes Method," IndieX Film Fest

      2024 Honorable Mention (Best Dark Comedy Short) -- Nina Zehri & Sam Permar, "Benny Goes Method," Indie Short Fest

      2024 Honorable Mention (Best Original Screenplay) -- Sam Permar, "Benny Goes Method," Indie Short Fest

      2024 Award Nominee (Best Student Directors) -- Nina Zehri & Sam Permar, "Benny Goes Method," Indie Short Fest

      2024 Award Nominee (Best Actor) -- Sam Permar, "Benny Goes Method," Indie Short Fest

      2023 Soup16 Experimental Film Showcase, “we’re going again next summer,” AGX

      2022 Official Selection, “Summer House,” The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival

      2019 Official Selection, “Humans of My Bed,” NewFest

      2019 Official Selection, “Humans of My Bed,” NoBudge

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WORK EXPERIENCE

      2024 Casting Director, “Manic Pixie Dream,” dir. Trinity Hodges, Emerson College

      2024 Assistant Director/Casting Director/Producer, "Letting Go," dir. Karen McKeen, Emerson College

      2024 Assistant Director/Casting Director/Associate Producer, "Scorcher," dir. Emma Angen Rose, Angiglio Productions

      2024 Assistant Director, "Poshun," dir. Meenakshi Garodia, Emerson College

      2024 Director/Writer/Producer/Editor, "Tick," Emerson College

      2024 Assistant Director/Casting Director, “Fever,” dir. Tomas Orrego, Emerson College

      2023 Director/Editor, “we’re going again next summer," Emerson College

      2023 Director/Editor, “hi,” Emerson College

      2023 Producer, “A Globster,” dir. Charles Bruin, Emerson College

      2023 Assistant Director, “Forever War,” dir. Shana Figueroa, Emerson College

      2023 Assistant Director/Editor, “Sister, Deliverer,” dir. Emma Angen Rose, Angiglio Productions

      2023 Assistant Director, “L0770 Money,” dir. Juan Gracia

      2023 Co-Director/Writer/Producer, “Benny Goes Method”

      2021 Director/Writer/Editor/Producer, “Summer House”

      2019 Director/Writer/Editor/Producer, “Humans of My Bed”