Summary

Nicholl fellowship in Screenwriting; award winning filmmaker; interests include cars, cameras, making great stories

Credits

5/14 – 8/14

Director By the Gun

Film (Feature-length)
5/14 – 8/14
8/12 – 2/13

Director God Only Knows

Film (Feature-length) — Artina Films Details
8/12 – 2/13

Directed feature film; handled crews; supervised script; managed talent

9/11 – 11/12

Screenwriter HANNAH'S ROAD

A&E — TV — Vandalia Films Details
9/11 – 11/12

Wrote screenplay for national basic cable network. Jennifer Garner producing.

7/08 – 11/09

Director (Screenplay) Trucker

Film (Feature-length) — Plum Pictures Details
7/08 – 11/09

Wrote and directed award winning feature film. Roger Ebert gave four stars. LA Times rave review

4/09 – 10/09

Screenwriter (Director) The Fallen

Film (Feature-length) — Mandalay Pictures Details
4/09 – 10/09

Rewrote action screenplay of a fire fighter turned drug dealer; attached to direct

7/06 – 2/07

Screenwriter Boomerang

Film (Feature-length) — Mandate Pictures Details
7/06 – 2/07

Sold spec comedy about a guy in his twenties whose world is turned upside down after his divorced parents come back into his life; with Bona Fide Productions producing, financed by Mandate.

7/05 – 1/06

Producer (Field Producer) Saturn

Discovery — TV — Fisher / Merlis Television Details
7/05 – 1/06

Directed one-hour special; handled crews; wrote scripts; directed cameras; produced

9/04 – 7/05

Producer (Field Producer) Mars Rocks The Geology Of The Red Planet

Discovery — TV — Fisher / Merlis Television Details
9/04 – 7/05

Wrote scripts; traveled abroad; directed; supervised post

Media

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Education

UMass Amherst

BA History and English