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}

Woven Light

“Woven Light” is an documentary art film created in collaboration with glass artist, Madeline Rile Smith. This film was commissioned for North Lands Creative’s Glass Meet the Future Film Festival.

^{Director - MADELINE RILE SMITH

DP & Editor - Trisha Pickelhaupt}

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}