Where does your desire to express yourself through art come from?

I honestly have no clue. My whole life, from a young age, I played competitive sports. It wasn’t until I graduated college and was entering the real world that I realized I did not want to enter corporate America work force. I saw the next forty years of my life and it was not what I wanted to be doing. I wanted to chase happiness and find something I could enjoy doing until the day I die. I always had a fascination with films at a young age and so I decided to just go for it. 

What are your goals as an artist?

My biggest goal would be to have everyone from around the world love my movies. I hope that my films can reach large audiences and can be seen on the big screen, as I have intended them to be. I hope that my films not only entertain everybody but make them feel something as well. I hope that I can be lucky enough to keep doing what I’m doing for as long as I can. I pray that I’m not a one and done. 

What is your opinion on the cultural industry?

Don’t have much of an opinion on it. If it wasn’t for it I would have never seen the great films that I have or listened and fallen in love with the music I enjoy. I hope someday that my work can be a part of it and hopefully inspire the next great filmmaker to come along and entertain people as much as I’ve been entertained.  

Do you think independent artists today have enough opportunities to share their creativity?

You can easily upload any content you want on the web to be shared with everyone around the world. I think there are many outlets or opportunities for all artists, no matter what the media, to share their creativity. It’s much easier for an artist now than ever before to share everything they make whether it be a social media platform, a website and the numerous other web based forms. Now whether they make money off it, that’s another question. To share their creativity, there should be no excuse why they can’t. 

What new project are you currently working on?

I am currently not working on any new projects at the moment. I have a couple that are in pre production but are not anywhere near close to going into production. One of the projects is a short film called “Where is Lady” and it delves into the sad and dark world of human trafficking. My other project that I am working to try and get funds for is the feature length from my last short called “True Friend” which is about the unbreakable bond between two kids that come from different sides of the track. With hopes that I can get a distribution deal for my current feature Wacko, I believe I can get the funds for this next project. Fingers crossed 🤞