When one door closes (or is temporarily jammed shut) ... another one BURSTS wide open.

Acting is a roller coaster. There are highs and lows. It can be busy AF, and then you can find yourself sitting and waiting for the phone to ring for days, months, or years... well I hope to Christ, not years. 

My love of directing came from my refusing to be angry about an industry that didn't seem to have a place for me. When the auditions slowed, and producing for others wasn't fulfilling creatively, I found directing.  In a nutshell, it is everything about storytelling that I LOVE without the actor mind-taffy.

Over the last 4 years, I have been fortunate enough to shadow directors that I admire, and to watch a variety of cinematographer's create magic with a huge range of budgets.  

Sometimes all you have to do is speak up and say what you want. However Murphy's Law.... now that I've got a path carved out, I'll probably book a TV series. 

My first film Hunter's Chance came at a really low point, and was the best thing that could have crossed my table. I was originally given the script to produce and without hesitation, I told the investor that I would only produce it if I could direct it as well.  

For about 30 seconds I thought I had lost the project completely, but when the executive producer said that he was secretly hoping that I'd want to direct, everything fell into place.

My directing journey has taken on a life of it's own and I have never felt more excited to learn, collaborate, and create. With three films off to festivals, a short-doc series in post  and 3 projects in development, I finally feel like I have some form of creative control.