Parker's Projects
Growing Older in Rural Wisconsin
Feature-Length Documentary (in production)
Co-director, Editor, Cinematographer
Through the lives of individuals around the state, the film
explores the joys and challenges of aging in place in a rural area.
Recipient of a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council. Filming began in 2024 with anticipated completion in 2026.
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The Buried River
Short film
Writer, Director, Editor
Frightened that his mother is possessed by a bloodthirsty monster, a young boy runs away from home and embarks across a vast and engulfing city.
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Nominee, Best Fantasy Horror Short at the Port of Fear Film Festival. Official selection at Minnesota Film Festival, Milwaukee Horror Film Festival, Sheboygan International Film Festival, Cartesian Film Festival.
What We're Hungry For
Mid-Length Documentary
Cinematographer, Editor, Co-Producer
Tells the story of five local Wisconsin food pantries to the unprecedented needs created by the coronavirus pandemic, exploring the complex and longstanding challenges of fighting hunger in rural America.
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Official selection at the Milwaukee Film Festival, Ethnografilm Paris, Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival, and the Ceres Food Film Festival, where it won the “Moved Us Most Award.” Also included in the curriculum of higher education courses at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
A Lark and a Swallow
Short film
Writer, Director, Editor
A drama about a woman who loves drugs, her best friend, and birds. A shut-in, barely functioning addict and dealer, Amy decides one night to try to commune again with the world and things get tricky.
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Winner, Best Wisconsin Short at the Beloit International Film Festival. Official selection at Milwaukee Film Festival and the Eastern Oregon Film Festival.
