After graduation she directed commercials and wrote for short films. A chance meeting with
Julian Farino led to a
writers' assistant position on
Ballers. Farino found her "monumentally overqualified," but still eager to learn with "an intensity of purpose." She advanced to the
writers' room and then creator Steve Levinson gave her a chance to direct an episode, her first big break. By 2017 she had steady television work, directing and writing for shows including
Ballers,
Suits and
Billions. and based on her life experiences. Her experience as the only woman in the
Ballers writers' room is described as life changing. She felt that she had to "act like one of the boys," or lose her seat at the table. The movie was felt to specifically speak to the
#MeToo era. She used the genre of
erotic thriller to show the ways women are forced to play ugly to survive and to demonstrate the dangers of male inferiority and
fragility. The film premiered at the
2023 Sundance Film Festival to a "rapturous response." "and, ultimately have something really piercing to say at the end." ==Filmography==