Films

I Never Thought of Phoenixes, 2026

Meditations on fires. A short poetry film.

Awards

Poeticas Film Festival 2026

International Poetry Film Festival 2026

Winner: Animation at International Poetry Film Festival 2026

Open Air Media Festival 2026

Accent is a Superpower: Asian Artists Film BFA/MFA Screening 2026

Credits

Director and animator: Courtney Taniguchi

Writer: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Composer: Ian Gottlieb

The Pyrotechnician's Daughter, 2013

Thesis film | New York University Tisch School of the Arts, May 2013

A nuclear weapon engineer falls in love with a peace protestor. When a war breaks out, she must make a difficult decision.

Awards

New York University First Run Festival 2013 - Faculty Commendation for Screenwriting

Bushwick Open Studios CinemaSunday 2013

San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2013

Orlando Film Festival 2013

Greenpoint Film Festival 2013

Til Tomorrow lyric video, 2014

Lyric video for DWNTWN's Til Tomorrow.