My recent writing credits include Netflix's Disco Inferno, and an in-development feature that has earned two 8/10 evaluations on The Black List. My latest short, Falling Forward into an Unknown and Dangerous Future, was selected for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. I'm currently directing my next short, It Means the World to Me, a drama/thriller about a 13-year-old girl and a “best friend” that isn’t what she seems.
Over my fifteen-year career, I have created work for major clients like Disney, Google, and Viceland, along with developing a strange, violent stop-motion world from the mind of Tyler, the Creator. I co-founded the Bureau of Creative Works and have executive-produced numerous award-winning short films. I also occasionally share deep-dive insights on the craft of screenwriting through 20,000 Words.
A self-taught filmmaker, I began with For Thousands of Miles, which director Rodrigo Reyes (Lupe Under The Sun) called "a visually stunning reflection on coming-of-age and exploring the vast promise of the American landscape." The documentary was inspired by my own 4,200-mile cross-country bicycle trip, was selected for the IFP Labs in NYC, and features an original score by Eluvium.
I currently live just west of Detroit with my immensely talented wife, Erica Hampton, where we run Firewatch Studio, and help run a community garden at an abandoned correctional facility.