My passion for narrative expression was sparked in high school and college in Texas, where I was born and raised. After my BA at Texas A&M University, where I studied playwriting under Charles Gordone, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright of No Place to Be Somebody, I turned to the craft of making film and video.

Initially pursuing photography, I worked a succession of jobs in various national parks throughout the United States, eventually working as an underwater videographer in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 1995, I returned to Texas and studied for two years with another Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright, Edward Albee, who produced my play, The Magic Hour, in 1998.

During that time, I segued my theater background into a career in the film industry, working for four years in Texas as a first AD and production manager on over one-hundred regional and national commercials, as well as producing, directing, and editing micro-budget commercials for local clients. In 2002, I called in all the favors I could and made a few short films, one of which launched my directing career.

On the heels of my award-winning, graphics-intense short film, The Post-Modern Man, I moved to Los Angeles and began directing full-time for clients such as Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, Honda, Nissan, and Mazda – jobs that have taken me all across the globe and fed my passion for travel, as well as honed my skills working in foreign environments, oftentimes in politically sensitive circumstances with “real people” as subjects. I was also happy to gain the attention of Group101 Spots, a highly regarded filmmakers’ collective that selects a small number of directors each year to collaborate with agency creatives and produce commercials on spec from agency boards, which ultimately led to my joining the fantastic US commercial production company Amazon Films.

During this time, I also owned and operated a Final Cut Pro-based edit facility, Wicked Post, specializing in High Definition post production, thus expanding my knowledge and experience, both technical and creative, on the post production side.

In 2004, I met my wife, Giuditta Del Vecchio, a fine arts photographer studying in London, where I moved in 2006 and currently live and work, directing a variety of corporate films and developing and marketing a number of feature and short film projects.