documentary — Trisha Pickelhaupt's Portfolio

I Like Your Hair^{Four New York City-based alopecians share their experiences existing as bald women in public spaces.

Featured on NPR’s Picture Show

Best Editing, PANO Shorts Showcase

Director, DP & Editor – Trisha Pickelhaupt

Creative Director & Producer – Natalie Marinides

Photographer & Stylist – Paris Benson}

^{Watch the behind-the-scenes}

David Byrne on Positive Storytelling

^{Short documentary project completed in collaboration with Imagine5.

Director & producer – Trisha Pickelhaupt

DP– Carrie Stalk

Creative Director – Justin Cadelago}

What is Climate Optimism? | IMAGINE5

^{Episode one of a Youtube series completed in collaboration with Imagine5.}

^{Director & producer – Trisha Pickelhaupt

DP – Boris Shirman

Editor – Ben Suliteanu}

How to practice climate optimism with Anne Therese Gennari | IMAGINE5

^{Episode two of a Youtube series completed in collaboration with Imagine5.}

^{Director & DP – Trisha Pickelhaupt

Editor – Ben Suliteanu

Producers – Justin Cadelago & Kiana Kazemi}

The Voicemail | NPR

^{In the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, NPR set up an old phone booth in Brooklyn Bridge Park — across the river from the new World Trade Center — and invited people to leave a voicemail for someone they lost that day.}

^{Director – Mito-Habe Evans

Producers – Annabel Edwards, Tsering Bista, and Trisha Pickelhaupt
Camera – CT Robert, Quincy Ledbetter}

Apples to Oranges

^{Amid a beige backdrop of strip malls, parking lots, and weedless lawns, Apples to Oranges explores contemporary suburbia, playfully juxtaposed with 1950s ideals of the American Dream.}

^{Honorable Mention, Greenpoint Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Richmond International Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Buffalo International Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Revolution Me Film Festival 2024}

^{Director, Producer & Editor – Trisha Pickelhaupt

DP & Editor – Paris Benson}
^{Original Score – Daniel Robinson}

^{Q&A with the filmmakers}

This is Beef Gordon

^{A short documentary project with Rochester musician Beef Gordon exploring themes of identity, truth, and performance.}

^{Director, Producer, DP & Editor – Trisha Pickelhaupt}

Legacy of Light

^{A short documentary film commissioned by TBZ Buffalo for the Blum Education Project about the values of Judaism and the history of Jewish Buffalo.}

^{Director, Producer & Editor – Trisha Pickelhaupt}
^{DP – Greg Addo}

She’s Got It

^{"She's Got It" is a short documentary exploring the fears that femme-presenting individuals have.}

^{Director, DP, Producer & Editor – Trisha Pickelhaupt}