As a writer-director, I’m most interested in building character-driven stories and finding the best ways to showcase a performer’s authenticity. I always keep an experimental eye out for new approaches. And with each project, I aim to be more ambitious than the last as I continue to experiment, collaborate with actors I admire.

“Learn improv comedy from a coach who hates his job.” Safe Space is an ongoing comedy project with 1-3 minute shorts with each episode featuring one or some of New York’s rising comedy talent. Each episode focuses on the teacher/student dynamic, with longtime collaborator Willy Appelman playing as the tortured teacher. As 2024 ends, I’ll be wrapping up Season One’s 40 episodes and then expanding the concept for Season Two in 2025. Stay tuned!

I toured Europe with Philadelphia rock band The Superweaks, filming 20 shows in 20 cities. Using 360 cameras, a DSLR, and point-and-shoots, I created daily concert videos, short docs, and sketches. The five films linked here are my favorites of the short docs, profiling the hilarious personalities of each band member.

Paradox X is a satire of syndicated true crime shows, specifically Unsolved Mysteries. The project features three 10-minute episodes and two short films that poke fun at the genre that began as urgent nighttime specials but eventually, and perversely devolved into syndicated reruns.

After working together on an episode of Safe Space, 2021 Emmy Award winning writer/performer Chrissy Shackelford reached out to me to direct a show about a Ghostwriter. The show is entirely improvised by Chrissy and actor James Dwyer, who plays the Ghostwriter, and each episode showcases one of Chrissy’s insane and hilarious original characters.

Gary Vosot is a satirical news reporter, portrayed by Matt Evans. We created a dozen sketches and the TV pilot Breaking The News, which was my first experience working closely with an established comedy performer on a structured narrative. It became a key career ambition to develop comedy projects, and it was an honor to direct legends like Dave Pasquesi, Miriam Tolan, and Brian Stack.

Inspired by Errol Morris’ idea that art is about setting arbitrary rules and following them, I created a 30-day daily film project for 555. This experiment planted the seeds for future works like Safe Space and Band on Tour, helping me explore my authentic voice as a filmmaker. Though unrelated to Andrew DeYoung’s 555 series, which came out shortly after, I’m a huge fan of that series.

These videos come from 20 years of collaborations with friends or moments where I thought, “let’s make a video.” While this could easily be 100+ videos, I’ve narrowed it down to some of my favorites.