Growing up in a sleepy Massachusetts suburb, I developed a passion for writing and film as a way to pass the time and took every opportunity in school to turn in a video in liew of an essay, eventually inspiring me to go to film school.

After graduating from Emerson College, I worked in various capacities in the entertainment industry (development intern, personal assistant, and production coordinator for A/V, print, and digital advertising).

This allowed me to learn about the business, but I didn't like being on the periphery while the pile of screenplays grew on the shelf, so I started making my own content, hoping to create my own opportunities.

In 2011, I wrote and directed Old Stud, the first of many live action shorts that I would go on to make. Each was an exercise in finding the right angle of approach to one day complete my first feature, Mr Misfortune.