Can Kazakhstan's film industry succeed at home and abroad?
Netflix has shown interest in films made in Kazakhstan, but the industry needs to win an audience at home too
An academic background in political science and foreign affairs is what originally sent me to Central Asia (Mongolia, 2017-19 and Kazakhstan, 2020-23). I have returned home to America with new skills and a new direction for my career in writing, journalism, proofreading, editing, and storytelling. I am a skilled writer in both creative and technical capacities as a demonstrated, dependable and returning contractor for PricewaterhouseCoopers Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to proofread and contribute technical writing services to the external reports of third-party client companies.
Netflix has shown interest in films made in Kazakhstan, but the industry needs to win an audience at home too
"For Kazakhstan's cinema, we need to build our own horizontal community, learn to trust and respect each other not just by what we say, but how we listen."
Originally written as an assignment for an online course on rhetoric, this piece (a response to reductivist headlines surrounding French President Macron's visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in autumn 2023) was modified and submitted for consideration to several publications including the NYT, WaPo, Foreign Affairs Magazine.
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M.A. Thesis: Recently, the Kazakhstani film industry as a whole has been experiencing many significant changes. Rising numbers of independent and arthouse filmmakers are financed by the government with fewer restrictions and now the government supports greater competition amongst film companies and individuals.
A 1-page press release for a new British higher learning institution in Kazakhstan, published in the newsletter of the British Chamber of Commerce.
A hypothetical speech I wrote as a final assessment for an online course on rhetoric. The speaker is POTUS addressing the American people. I sought to utilize various rhetorical devices and logical techniques to make a compelling and persuasive argument against the backdrop of socio-political division.
The playbill for an original stage play I wrote, directed and produced.
From Summer 2019-Spring 2020, I organized, produced, recorded an amateur podcast. Called "Meat N' Greet Mondays" I interviewed peers in my graduate studies program. Named for a pork fat infused whiskey the podcast's first hosting venue offered, the weekly/bi-weekly podcast released episodes on Mondays. 15 total episodes produced plus 2 special episodes. All but 3 episodes remain as Soundcloud membership grew too expensive to maintain.
A concise description of the entirety of my Peace Corps Mongolia service from 2017-2019. Contributions made by myself along with senior staff.
A full write-up of Avengers: Infinity War first written in 2018, and published in Spring, 2019 for a workplace circulation.
The final exam submission for a semester-long Independent Research course taken within the English Department. Under the supervision of Professor Miranda B. Hickman.
An essay assignment for an upper-level undergraduate political science course on International Political Economy at McGill University. The essay assessed the post-1980s Japanese economy through the lens of constructivism.
A satirical music review I wrote (under the pen name Sir Oliver N. Gerard) about an album the high school rock band I was part of recorded. Modeled after Rolling Stone magazine reviews at the time.
An essay assignment for an undergraduate philosophy course on Aesthetics at McGill University. The essay examined the gender underpinnings of labels and the genderless subject of high art.
A collection of various video and film projects I have: written, shot, edited, directed.