In 2015, he won an Emmy for his short film Heartbeats of Fiji. His shorts have screened at festivals around the world and have received recognition by the Webbys, SXSW, Doc NYC, Vimeo and the White House News Photographers Association. In 2017, he earned a Sundance Institute grant in support of his first feature, When Lambs Become Lions (Mountainfilm 2018).