Filmmaking is controlled chaos—thinking fast, adapting, and turning spontaneous moments into something extraordinary.

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My journey started at age four on an ice rink in small-town Ohio. My dad filmed our family skating with his old Super 8 camera, then did something magical when he played it back—he reversed the footage so we appeared to skate backward. That moment flipped a switch in my head. I was hooked on manipulating reality.
 

Ohio proved perfect for creative exploration. At ten, I made action videos with friends. By high school, I was building contraptions to capture my vision—a 20-foot PVC jib, homemade tracks, DIY Steadicams. I had to keep that camera moving.
 

When asked about my directing philosophy, my mind returns to that ice rink. To skate well, you master speed, turning, and stopping on a dime. You control the chaos. Decades later, I'm still doing exactly that.