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Lived in Tokyo for 10 years, writing a sci-fi novella, multi-talented, bilingual screenwriter and producer based in California. From music videos, comedic shorts, documentaries, music journalism, commercial writing, film and cultural criticism, he is an undeniable force in the entertainment industry.
X is a nostalgia-fest horror flick for the scroll-through generation. It lacks the cohesion and satisfying gore of horror auteurs of the past, but has enough tricks up its sleeve to make it worth a bucket of popcorn. It boasts a self-reflexive awareness of film history and horror, but dips it's toes a bit too much in homage.
This is the documentary I proposed, pitched and produced for VICE Magazine Japan. I was on shoot and also decided the ultimate angle we wanted to write this from.
An analysis of Milos Forman's film theses through the lens of the film Goya's Ghosts. His anarchistic and nihilistic views of society are spliced and examined in this formal film criticism essay.
A robotic boy adopted by an abusive family living in a future where not only births but sexual behavior are strictly regulated by the government leaves to discover origins beyond his wildest imagination.
An industrial writing sample formatted in a split audio/visual style for television production.
A 16-page film noir with all your favorite tropes, but a wicked twist.
Talk Show throws out all the post-modern "random" and hyperactive humor of today for a traditionalist vaudeville-esque narrative comedy with tons of one-liners and slapstick. It's a meta narrative concept which follows the two hosts of a cable access TV show funded by the mafia. Behind the scenes and the actual show intermingle to create a unique comic experience. Musical guests would be real life current musical guests but playing on a fictitious television show. To go deeper down the rabbit...
Years ago a friend and I created a fictitious cafe called Turdes and created a Facebook page for it. I invited people to it and tried to turn the myth into reality. Eventually, characters started emerging and a drama unfolded itself before our eyes all online with pseudonyms. To muddle reality even further, I decided to create a commercial for the imaginary coffee shop.
A hypochondriac and paranoiac decides to venture out for the first time in years only to prove that he was right all along: the world is a madhouse.
An eight-page short film about a university student kicking back at the system.