Initially, my goal was to be a film actor, and I didn’t have much interest in anything else. That was because I’d never tried anything else. I thought I wouldn’t like theatre acting, and I ended up loving it. I took a film class in high school, discovered directing, and I loved it. My discovery of my love of writing came in a slightly different form since I’ve been writing things my entire life. It just hadn’t occurred to me that the scenes I was acting out were ones that I’d written. All I knew was that I didn’t want to write a novel, so I thought I didn’t want to write long stories at all. Film school and my teachers recognizing my talent helped me see it myself and discover film writing. Creating is my passion, but writing is who I am. I aspire to be a writer/director, but mostly, I want to make things worth seeing whether I came up with it or not. I want to create in whatever way I can. I create authentic characters, even if they are the most ridiculous, non-sensical thing you’ve ever seen. They are dynamic and believe in what they say and do. It might not be normal, but they aren’t fake. I inject meaning and intention, in one way or another, into every decision. Poetry gave me a voice to be able to hear myself, and it’s the only place I never let myself lie. Life imitates art, and I am only able to understand my life through art. Throughout my entire life, I have loved storytelling in all of its forms. This love of stories that don’t belong to me has taught me to try and see things from someone else’s perspective, to live in someone else’s shoes for a second, minute or hour. The main way I’ve learned how to do that is through movies, books, spoken words and songs. Stories of every kind either make me feel less alone, give me a new perspective, teach me something or do all three. I want to make art for myself, but I want to share it because art should be seen. People should be seen. If I could help just one person feel seen or garner empathy from someone who had never seen something from that perspective, I would have done what I set out to do.

Bottleneck - Writer PERRA - RUIN - Assistant Editor & Production Assistant BTS (A View From Above) - Director & Camera Operator Comic Book Documentary - 2nd Assistant Camera Tintinnabulate - Props Master Dress to Impress - Boom Operator