All I’ve ever wanted to do is make movies with my friends.

 

But, growing up in Austin, Texas in the 80’s didn’t offer a broad spectrum of opportunity, so — I learned to do everything.  

 

I didn’t know a camera guy, so I learned to shoot.  I didn’t know an editor, so I learned to cut. I did sound, I learned about lights, built sets and props, wrote, directed, produced — with almost no distinction between jobs because I loved it all. I wanted to make movies, and by necessity, that’s what filmmaking became to me: doing everything.

 

In particular, I loved monster movies, so I learned to make monsters — and in following years traveled the world as a special makeup effects artist, slinging blood on movies such as THE DENTIST, the WISHMASTER series, APOCALYPTO, THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 4, SPECIES 4, CHILDREN OF THE CORN 4, and PROPHESY 4.  Basically, if there was a fourth in a horror franchise, there’s a good chance that was me.

 

Despite my affection for rubber and paint, making monsters was not making movies, so I started pushing my way into other aspects of filmmaking. tried my hand at film composing and adequately scored five feature films; parlayed music into sound design, SFX into VFX — and eventually found myself supervising post production for the studios from Netflix to Searchlight.

 

This position gave me an opportunity to work intimately with some of the most inspiring talent in the industry, and learn the studio system from the inside on films like DO REVENGE, DOWNHILL, EARTHQUAKE BIRD, THE WAY WAY BACK, ENOUGH SAID, RUBY SPARKS, THE END OF THE TOUR, STOKER, and ANNABELLE.

 

But even while helping lots of other people make their movies — in tandem I continued to make my own.

 

I was a producer on KIDNAP with Halle Berry, CUT BANK with Liam Hemsworth which premiered at LAFF, and MANSON FAMILY VACATION with Jay Duplass, which premiered at SxSW, and produced the award winning THE DISUNITED STATES OF AMERICA for SKY TV, a documentary shot across 11 swing states during the time leading up to the 2016 Presidential Election.

 

I spent a decade in a directing program at Stuart Rogers Studios in North Hollywood, and directed THE GARAGE SALE a comedy featurette with an an ensemble cast of 30 actors as well as two multi-platinum short films; LUNCH LADIES (a horror/comedy short about two lunch ladies obsessed with Johnny Depp), and THE RELIC (an horror/adventure about a group of explorers who find a cursed object that should have stayed buried).  Between them they have been selected by nearly 200 festivals worldwide. Both are now on ALTER.

 

Most recently, I’ve finished production on my first feature film, THE RELIC: DRAGON, based on the mythology established by my short of the same name.

 

I love making movies!