Recent Works
 
- Ellen (USC Thesis, Suspense/Thriller)
- Confessions (National VA commercial)
- Iraq Footage (Assorted Clips)
  Past Works
- Now, After ( a PTSD Autobiography )
- Limikkin Ranch (USC Thesis, Horror)
- Kapisa (GI FilmFest 2009 Winner)
- S A M (US/Iraq Allegory) - 16mm
- Swingers Scene (Directing Intensive)
- UnWelcome Home (1st Film, ASU '05)
- IAVA PSA (appear in last scene)
- Interview w/ Pentagon Channel at 2009 GI FIlm Festival
  More Info
  - Director's Reel and Resume (18 AUG)
   
 
 
   
     

"Ellen" a USC Senior Thesis Prod 2010 www.ellenthemovie.com

 
 

"Confessions" National Vet Center Commercial [watch now ]

Role: Producer/Director.

Commisioned by Dept. of Veteran Affairs to create 30sec and 1min PSA for nation-wide distribution. Mission: Show struggling vets they are not alone and how the 300 Vet Centers across the country are there to help.

Role: Director
A chronically insecure high school girl becomes prey to a deranged kidnapper and must learn to believe in herself and her abilities in order to escape his enslavement.A chronically insecure high school girl becomes prey to a deranged kidnapper and must learn to believe in herself and her abilities in order to escape his enslavement.
 

"Iraq Footage" Assorted Clips [watch now ]

Role: Producer/Director/Camera Operator

A work still in progress (over 30 hours of footage from Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-08), this assemblege features combat ops, mounted dash cams, US soldier/Iraqi interviews, and a variety of other slice-of-life at war selections.

 
 

"Now, After" a VA / PTSD Auto-biography [watch now ] *

Role: Producer/Director
Disturbing images and haunting flashbacks plague a young soldier recently returned from the war in Iraq. Re-adjusting to his former life as a college student proves to be more difficult than he ever imagined - connecting with veterans of wars past may be just what he needs

*Used by VA hospitals/PTSD clinics nationwide

*Over 60,000 views *
 

"Kapisa" GI Film Festival WINNER 2009 [watch now]

 
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"Limikkin Ranch" USC Senior Thesis 2009 [watch]

Role: Co-Producer/Co-Director Role: Assistant Director / Associate Producer
Caught in the crossfire of the intensifying war in Afghanistan, members of a small team of US Army soldiers are forced to choose between promises made to one another and those assured to their loved ones back home. Logline: A mysterious ranch summons a hired gun to exterminate a violent coyote infestation, though they soon discover the true threat is something much more ancient and evil.
 

"S A M" a US/Iraq Allegory - 16mm original [watch now]

 
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"Swingers" (a scene from...) Directing Intensive [watch now]

Role: Producer/Director

Wannabe actors become regulars in the stylish neo-lounge scene; Trent teaches his friend Mike the unwritten rules of the scene.

Scene performed by actors from and in conjunction with the USC School of Theatrical Arts.

Role: Producer/Director
A highly stylized allegory about the U.S. involvement in Iraq. The gritty backdrop of an LA project/low-incoming style apartment complex sets the stage for the primary factors leading up to Operation Iraqi Freedom to be personified in complex and conflicted characters.In a place where nothing is as easy as it seems, collateral damage and innocent death quickly muddy the waters of a man’s struggle with right versus wrong.
 

"IAVA - National Commerical Spot "[watch now]

Role: Actor

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans.
 
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"UnWelcome Home" ASU Short 2004 [watch now ]

Role: Producer/Director
A soldier returns from Iraq and is forced to cross his old college campus, now teeming with angry war protesters, in order to reach his much anticipated destination.
**WINNER: Best Student Film, ASU**
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