Hilarious hi jinx in a Mexican restaurant.
Official
Sombrero Page
The best-laid plans can severely injure you.
Official
The Isolationist Page
Sometimes, life takes a dump on you.
Official
Slapjack Page
Baked, or perhaps mashed?
Official
A Starchy
World Page
Unrequited love, power politics,
and one lonely college student.
Official
Tenure Page
The bonds of some families
need to be broken.
Official
Clean Break Page
Being gay is as shocking as
going to the grocery store.
Official
Investigaytion Page
NOVEMBER 25, 2008:
So much has been going on that I haven't even thought to update the site. First off, the new site for HERPES BOY is almost ready to go. It should be live within a few weeks.
I've been editing HERPES BOY for two months. The film is very close to picture-lock and we're extremely excited! We've been getting great feedback so far and we have very high hopes for the future of the project. Stay tuned!
Currently I'm the Assistant Director for THE GUILD, the popular web series created by and starring Felicia Day. Season 2 is being sponsored by Microsoft and Xbox and Episode 1 went live today. I am the AD for episodes 5-8. Check it out here.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2008:
THE ISOLATIONIST won Best Student Film at the SoCal Independent Film Festival! Click here for the awards site.
SOMBRERO has been accepted to Reeling 2008: 27th Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. This is the second-oldest GLBT festival in the world.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
SOMBRERO was named one of the Best of the Fest - audience favorites in comedy at the 2008 Palm Springs International Short Fest! The festival was an absolute blast and I had a great time meeting filmmakers, seeing films, and attending the festival events.
HERPES BOY is on IMDB! The cast and crew listings are trickling in slowly but it is on there and everyone will eventually be listed. The assistant editor will begin syncing this week and I will hopefully get to start cutting by mid-September, Stay tuned for more updates.
AUGUST 11, 2008
Wow, the summer is already gone, and I spent the whole thing in pre-production. I'm directing this little feature film called HERPES BOY. It's pretty much the best experience of my life so far. The writer/star is Byron Lane, who I first worked with on Tenure, and the rest of the cast includes amazing talents like Beth Grant, Octavia Spencer, Ahna O'Reilly, Julianna McCarthy, Michael Chieffo, and Larry Weissman. IMDB them!
Check out the original Herpes Boy videos here!
Sombrero and The Isolationist will both be in competition at the SoCal Independent Film Festival in Huntington Beach. Tickets are cheap so I highly recommend attending.
MAY 5, 2008
SOMBRERO will make its world premiere at the 2008 Palm Springs International ShortFest! This is AMAZING news for me. Palm Springs is one of the best and most filmmaker-friendly short film festivals in the world. The film lineup won't be announced until August, but we're definitely going. Cheers to Palm Springs!
APRIL 24, 2008
Nothing much new to report. I'm about to graduate and so I've just been mired in post-production on not only my own films but about five of my friends' films as well. It's been a busy semester. The screening of THE ISOLATIONIST went very well and I'm hoping it has a healthy festival fun.
SOMBRERO will screen on May 3rd at Marion Knott Studios with the five other winners of the Location Filmmaking competition for 2007/2008.
Also, you might notice that there's a new movie over there on the left. SLAPJACK is a little film we shot a few weeks ago on leftover stock from "The Isolationist." It's only three minutes long, but I'm hoping that'll get it some festival play. If not, there's always YouTube, right?
FEBRUARY 29, 2008
THE ISOLATIONIST makes its premiere next week, March 7, at Marion Knott Studios. It will be screening with six other thesis films and it's going to be a great program.
The Isolationist
JANUARY 19, 2008
THE ISOLATIONIST is featured in this week's Entertainment Weekly. It's a small blurb, but hey, it's there. In case you don't subscribe, click here to see the article.
As if I don't have enough to do, I created a MySpace page for The Isolationist. Click here to check it out, watch the trailer, befriend it, etc. Also feel free to visit the YouTube trailer and rate/comment accordingly. Please, help me extend my fifteen minutes of fame into twenty or thirty additional minutes.
Production on Sombrero begins tomorrow night at 11 pm. I'm really trying to swap my sleep schedule so that I crash during the day, but my body is rebelling against this plan. I guess I'm staying up all night tonight. We'll see how that goes.
JANUARY 13, 2008
On Friday I received an e-mail from Entertainment Weekly - they're doing an article on Tiffany in an upcoming issue and they want to interview me regarding her involvement with THE ISOLATIONIST. This was pretty amazing news for me, especially since I've been reading Entertainment Weekly for about 15 years now. In light of this news, I registered a domain for the film, finished the trailer, and created a new website.
I don't know when the article will be printed, but I'm hoping that I come across as interesting enough that they mention me more than once...
JANUARY 9, 2008
iPod Nano!
I won a contest for an iPod Nano, and I didn't even know I was in the running! I use a fabulous company called ZenMastering to master all my music, and Paul Abbott, the owner of this fine establishment, emailed me this week informing me that I was the winner of the iPod giveaway. A strange coincidence, given that I was just about to send him the score for THE ISOLATIONIST to be mastered. If ever you have mastering needs, I highly recommend ZenMastering. I can't promise you a free iPod, but I can promise you professional service an excellent results.
In other news, THE ISOLATIONIST is picture-locked and sound design has begun. Everything is on track and I hope to have it 100% completed by the March 7th screening.
Production on SOMBRERO begins January 20th. I'm excited by the chance to direct one more short before I graduate, and this one will be so much less stressful than all the others. Or so I think. I probably shouldn't jinx myself like that, but oh well.
NOVEMBER 21, 2007
TIFFANY!
TIFFANY (that's right, "I Think We're Alone Now") is co-starring in THE ISOLATIONIST! The film will be premiering at Marion Knott Studios on March 7, 2008, and will be doing the festival circuit shortly thereafter. A trailer will soon be available on this site and on YouTube. Check out the new official site for the film. Also check out Tiffany's official site.
In other news, it looks like SOMBRERO will become a reality - last Friday my team pitched to the Chapman faculty and they greenlit the project, along with five other films as part of the Location Filmmaking competition. I feel pretty great about this, seeing as how I've set my sights on directing a Location film since first starting at Chapman at 2005. Now I just have to pull together a film in two months and make it good. No problem! Anyone out there own a Mexican restaurant that I can film in?
A STARCHY WORLD screened last night at the International Student Film Festival of Hollywood. It's a new festival and the audience was fairly small, but I was impressed with their organization and overall I had a positive experience.
Happy Thanksgiving!
OCTOBER 2, 2007
THE ISOLATIONIST is in the can, and I am pleased. I haven't seen a cut of it yet, or even synced dailies, but from what I have seen it looks amazing. I hope people enjoy it!
A STARCHY WORLD is in competition at the International Student Film Festival of Hollywood on Nov. 14, 2007! Click here for details.
My short screenplay SOMBRERO made the list of the ten semi-finalists for this year's Location Filmmaking competition at Chapman University. If all goes well, I'll get to direct another short before I'm unwillingly unleashed into the real world. Stay tuned for updates.
AUGUST 14, 2007
A STARCHY WORLD and TENURE will be screening at the LA Shorts Fest Filmmakers' Showcase. A STARCHY WORLD will screen Tuesday, Sept. 11th, at 9:45 pm. TENURE will screen Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 12:45 pm. Both films will be showing at the AMC Burbank Town Center 6.
JULY 22, 2007
It's been nearly a year since I first read the script for A STARCHY WORLD, and I'm happy to report that the high-res, color corrected DVD is finally done. Which means the movie is done. Which means all the actors and crew can finally see the darn thing. I posted a trailer to YouTube, which you can see here. The DVD is also for sale for anyone interested.
Pre-production on "The Isolationist" is moving along. Filming begins Sept. 14. We're still looking for locations, so if you know of an available apartment, or an office with lots of cubicles, or a hotel, or a restaurant/bar, let me know!
JUNE, 2007
Hey look, it's a new layout. I got sick of the old one. Plus, I wanted to make a new logo. Currently in pre-production for my thesis film, "The Isolationist."
I just submitted TENURE and A STARCHY WORLD to a bunch of festivals. CLEAN BREAK got into one in Switzerland, and they're even paying me for it! Check the film's site for more details.
Go buy "The Politics of Photosynthesis" from iTunes! It's only $10 and most of the songs (including mine) are actually good!
SPRING, 2007
My cover of "Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious" is
featured on the just-released Stereolab tribute album,
"The Politics of Photosynthesis,"
which can be purchased from iTunes. Help me become a paid artist!
New festival screening for TENURE: Delray Beach Film Festival, Mar. 13 - 18, 2007
New festival screenings of CLEAN BREAK: Durango Independent Film Festival, Feb. 28 - Mar. 4, 2007; Delray Beach Film Festival, Mar. 13 - 18, 2007
BARNACLES, my new instrumental album, is complete. Click here for details.
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