Education
BA - app College, Philosophy and Art, 1993
M.F.A. - 2014 University of California, Los Angeles
School of Theater, Film and Television: Department of Film, Television and Digital Media:
Screenwriting Program
Professional Experience
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Film and Media, Department of Communication, app - 2015-present
SCREENWRITER/DIRECTOR
Writer/Director: , a psychological thriller (2024) with Inbar Lavi, Jack Kesy, and
Usman Ally.
Writer: , Honorable mention at 2021 University Film and Video Association
screenplay awards. Developed as graphic novel which was Editor’s Pick of BookLife by
Publisher’s Weekly in 2020. Earlier screenplay draft was winner of UCLA School of Theater,
Film and Television’s 2014 Oliver’s Prize, and screenplay semifinalist in the 2013 Page
Awards.
Writer: Mistbound, story for an adventure game platform and original IP developed by W! Games
(2007).
Writer: , a dramatic web series featured in WSJ “New Media Trends” (12/16/06).
Writer: with David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, and Emily Mortimer. The film
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (2003), was distributed worldwide, and got “Two
Thumbs Up!” from Ebert and Roeper.
PRODUCER
Producer: (2024), a feature-length narrative film (85 mins)
starring Inbar Lavi (Lucifer, Imposters, Fauda), Jack Kesy (Claws,
Deadpool 2), and Usman Ally (God’s Favorite Idiot, A Series of
Unfortunate Events).
Producer, Co-Director: , documentary about 21st century slave trade in
war-torn Sudan. Co-production of EO TV, Netherlands and NDR,
Germany, 2000. Shown in over a dozen countries. U.S. Premiere at
Amnesty International Film Festival, 2002.
Producer: , documentary about women convict firefighters
augmenting California’s wildfire-fighting forces, EO TV,
Netherlands, 2000.
Producer: Mercy Ships, a reality-style documentary series aboard hospital ship
Anastasis in Gambia, Africa, EO TV, Netherlands, 2000.
Producer: The Crash: Flight 1420, a documentary about Ouachita Baptist
University-victims of American Airlines Flight 1420, EO TV,
Netherlands, 2000.
CAMERAMAN AND EDITOR
• The Manifestation, Feature film co-editor, 2024
• The Wild Adventure, MT (all camera except drone footage), 2018
• app Theatre Company, Commercial campaign nominated for 2018 Emmy, 2017
• Community Bible Study, Various promos (camera only), 2012-2015
• CAbi Fashion, New Collection (editing only), 2014
• Vera Bradley Fashion, New Collection Promo (editing only), 2014
• Joni Eareckson-Tada, TV-series , 2009-2014
• Procter & Gamble, Oxnard facility video (camera only), 2013
• Reuters TV,LA Entertainment News Items, 2007-2010
• Associated Press,(camera only) 2009
Research
– Christian Scholar’s Review 2020
– Theopolis Institute 2018