Video Editor, Writer and Producer

Big Bass

Editor & Assistant Director Drew Dickler. Desert Views Local Jury Award, Palm Springs ShortFest 2025. Best LGBTQ+ Short, Cleveland International Film Festival 2026.

Poster for Big Bass. Cheryl Bruttomesso, Eva Malkasian (playing a child version of Drew Dickler) and stairs are flanked by two plastic fish. Text reads: Big Bass by Drew Dickler. There are laurels for the Desert Views Award from the Palm Springs Short Fest 2025, Official Selection at the Raindance Film Festival 2025, Best in Show at Wicked Queer 2025, Official Selection from OutSouth Queer Film Fest and the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
2025 · 14 min · Short documentary · Deep Dive Films
A filmmaker returns to 1997 to revisit a dreamlike second-grade memory centered on her queer identity, her legendary PE teacher and a mysterious large plastic fish.
From the edit room
Drew brought me on before the shoot to help shape the story structure. That informed our shoot schedule and streamlined post: we finished the bulk of the edit in 2 days.
Festivals & awards
Palm Springs ShortFest 2025: Desert Views Local Jury Award
Cleveland International Film Festival 2026: Best LGBTQ+ Short
Official Selection: DOC NYC, Raindance Film Festival 2025
Screened at 30+ festivals worldwide
Credits
Director: Drew Dickler
Producers: Nikki Heyman, Jennie Kamin, David Sherwin
Executive Producer: Andre Robert Lee
Editor: Miles Château Hill
Cinematography: Bets Wilkins
Music: Oliver Mayo
Animation: Juan Pablo Rozo Gutierrez
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