Skipping Joy
Director · Producer · Editor
A feature documentary about the freedom we gradually leave behind as we grow more self-conscious. Sparked by one father watching his eight-year-old son skip down a New York street, Skipping Joy follows a decade-long search to understand what we lose when play gives way to inhibition, and what we can reclaim when we move freely again.
Selected Films
Director · Producer · Writer
A feature documentary examining the challenges facing emerging musicians in a rapidly changing Los Angeles recording industry. Featuring performances from numerous bands and interviews with industry insiders, the film received digital distribution through Sony Music’s The Orchard and retail distribution through MVD Entertainment Group.
Executive Producer
An award-winning feature documentary examining alcoholism through the life and death of one woman and its impact on those around her. The film combines personal history, family perspective, and broader insight into addiction and recovery.
Director · Producer · Writer
A documentary anthology exploring an eclectic group of working musicians taking less conventional paths in the Los Angeles music scene. Featured artists include Rollins Band and Mother Superior guitarist Jim Wilson, keyboardist, arranger and producer Greg Mathieson, and Joshua Tree band Gram Rabbit.
Producing, Directing & Story
Producing lets me work across the entire film, from developing an idea and bringing together the right people and perspectives to solving problems as conditions change and carrying the project from concept through completion.
Directing is where those possibilities begin to take shape as a narrative: connecting people, moments, ideas, and material, then shaping those connections into a story that feels coherent, revealing, and worth following.
Unlikely Hero Productions
I co-founded Unlikely Hero Productions in 2009 around a simple idea: telling real-life stories of courage that might inspire more of it in each of us. It remains the production home for my documentary filmmaking and related media work.
Additional Film & Television Credits
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