“What ever happened to that Secret Film Project you were working on? You know, the one that you hinted at while finishing REPLAY, back in 2007?” Well, fuck. Here’s the short version: Around the time I finished my short film, REPLAY, I began writing a feature film that I was really excited about. It was [...]

I had to write a one-page director’s statement for a proposal. Since I found this task to be damn near impossible, I decided to call it EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT DIRECTING *That I Could Fit On This Page: It all starts with an iced green tea and a red pen. Let me explain. A good [...]

I was reading an interview with writer-cum-director Shane Black, where he said something that really inspired me. He said he hates writing. Let me explain. Shane Black is one of my favorite screenwriters and shot to fame in the early 80′s with the script for “Lethal Weapon,” which reinvigorated the action-buddy-comedy. He’s also the writer [...]

Yesterday, I got to speak to a 3D Modeling class at Westwood College on my perspective of directing visual effects. I was really excited to share my experiences with them, but found the students to be pretty apathetic and dispassionate. When the professor, Juniko Moody, invited me to speak to her class, I immediately said [...]

Last night I dreamt that I was in a violent musical with my ex-girlfriend, Jess, and that I had a falling out with my producing partner, Giovanni, over brownies. Let me explain. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to keep a record of my dreams on this blog so that I could become more [...]

I hung this flier all over my ‘hood in Venice, today. I figured, for years I’ve hung fliers looking for work as an editor, as a web designer, photographer, etc — why not hang some fliers looking for work doing what I love: directing? Last January, when I left Fox Searchlight, I made a promise [...]

Since Jen and I have been so busy the last few weeks (I’ve been working on my latest script and she’s been performing in a Musical Review), we haven’t had the chance to see a bunch of the new movies. So we’ve been spending lots of our vacation time in Arizona catching up on missed [...]