Alastair is currently partnering with Jeanine Butler a documentary filmmaker to produce a one-hour film entitled “Documenting the Face of America” on the photographers of the Farm Securities Administration, in collaboration with the PBS affiliate, SC ETV.

The Sundance Institute selected Documenting the Face of America to screen at the 2nd annual Sundance Online Film Festival. The Sundance Online Film Festival takes place during the 2002 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Alastair has practiced architecture in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles for over 15 years, and is a Director with William McDonough + Partners in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Independently and in association with other firms, his work has been published extensively and has won many awards for design and research. He has been featured in Progressive Architecture magazine’s “Young Architect’s Issue” program and the Architectural League of New York’s “ Young Architects Forum” series.

Alastair holds a Bachelor's from the Syracuse University, and completed his Master’s degree in Architecture at the University of Virginia design program.

RECENT CREDITS:

Documenting America: Roy Stryker and The FSA Photographers     

Co-Producer

A butlerfilms Productions, 2001-2006

It was a time of crisis and possibility.  A time when Americans saw

each other’s faces for the first time and saw the what life was like

across the nation – north, south, east and west,

rich and poor -- during the 1930s and 40s.

Giving hope to a nation in despair, President Roosevelt’s New Deal

programs were also responsible for giving some of America’s greatest

photographers the opportunity to travel the country to create the

largest documentary project in history.

This one hour PBS special features the compelling – and often

surprising -- stories from those who were behind the lens, including

such legendary photographers as Gordon Parks, Dorothea Lange, Ben

Shahn, Marion Post Wolcott, Walker Evans, Louise Rosskam and others. A

short version of the show was featured in the 2002 Sundance On-Line

Film Festival. Program support includes PBS affiliate SC-ETV and the

Southern Humanities Media Fund.

A Life in Photography: Louise Rosskam and the Documentary Tradition

Co-Editor

The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

A butlerfilms/Park Productions, 2005 - 2006

A fifteen minute retrospective to accompany Center for Documentary Studies exhibition on the work of F.S.A. documentary photographer Louise Rosskam.

Documenting America: Roy Stryker and The FSA Photographers - Short

Co-Director / Editor

A butlerfilms Productions, 2002

"Documenting the Face of America" (part of the Sundance Online Film Festival) uses the words of American photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks to recall an important time in the history of American photojournalism, when the Farm Security Administration hired photographers to document the harsh realities of the Great Depression.

A short version of the show was featured at the 2002 Sundance On-Line

Film Festival and the DV Expo.

Seismic Sleuths: Understanding Earthquakes

Second Camera / Still Photographer

Summer Productions ,  1999–2000

Alastair worked with the Second Camera Unit and lead the climb of the San Francisco Bay Bridge with Cinematographer John Chater.

Broadcast on The Discovery Channel’s “Assignment Discovery,” the

Learning Channel and the National Geographic Channel. Recipient of the

2001 CINE Golden Eagle Award.