Bourj Stories

She is a passionate filmmaker who believes in the power of storytelling. Growing up in a large, multi-racially adopted family, she learned to see culture from multiple perspectives and developed a passion for bridging differences. Through her films, she has a gift for engaging the viewer and creating deep connections with the stories she tells. After earning an undergraduate degree at Harvard, she moved to Berlin on a Fulbright to study silent film, then worked as 1st Assistant Director on international films, including Goodbye Lenin. For the past ten years, she has been writing and directing her own short fiction films and feature-length documentaries. As head of Bugle Films, she is fulfilling her mission of making the world a more empathetic place, one film at a time.