Whitney is a documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco, CA. She holds an MFA from Stanford University in Documentary Film and a Bachelor’s in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, where she was honored with the John Collier Humanitarian Award. Her 2018 film “One Thing in Nothing” received the President’s Award at Full Frame Documentary Festival, won Best Documentary Short at Deep Focus Film Festival and was published on the Atlantic. Her films have been screened at Full Frame, Cinequest, DocLands, Calgary International Film Festival, SF Indie Fest, SFDOCFest, Global Voices USNC-UN Women SF Film Festival and the United Nations and Visions du Réel works-in-progress pitch. Whitney presented at 2022 Cape Elizabeth TedEx. Currently, Whitney is the Senior Producer at The Asia Foundation, where she produces short documentary films around various Asian countries. Whitney's personal photography and films explore themes of family, identity, and environmental and social issues, such as immigration and poverty. She also focuses especially on the particular role and perspective of women and girls in these situations.
