I’ve been very active in independent filmmaking over the years. I went to film school at Emerson College in the great city of Boston. Afterward, I drove cross country to Los Angeles and started an internship with Ridley Scott. That led to becoming a Production Assistant, eventually a Director’s Assistant on the film END OF DAYS with Arnold Scwarzennegger. From there I made several of my own micro-budgeted movies, music videos, commercials, short films and reels. I started and ran The Ten Dollar Movie Club filmmaking collective for several years. A few of our films made it into festivals and distribution. Pretty fun! Nowadays I’m focusing mostly on screenwriting, although I am seriously considering a filmmaking project. I don’t want to just make anything. I’ve done that. Several times. Now I’d like to only make projects that I can really stand behind. I’ll keep updates coming if anything substantial happens. In the meantime, here’s a small sampling of my work.
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18 WHEELS OF SCIENCE FICTION
Edited by Eric Miller
Big Time Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAiw_sASgo&fbclid=IwAR3LhnyyR57ltc8aj2Gfh7Crcx8kC965klkDo3k_JYEgU1gV6F0TpznSj6M
RABID HEART
By Jeremy Wagner
Riverdale Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd0BAJDqJxQ
PRISONER 489
by Joe R. Lansdale
Dark Regions press
Truly an honor to have made this for one of my favorite authors, and a great small press, Dark Regions.
SHOTGUN
Courtney C. Joyner
Pinnacle
This is for C. Courtney Joyner’s great paperback western, SHOTGUN. Getting the music for this just right took a few passes. It was great working with Courtney to nail this.
BLOOD TYPE
Edited by Robert S. Wilson
Nightshade Books
BLOOD TYPE: An Anthology of Vampire Science Fiction on the Cutting Edge
CHIRAL MAD 2
CHIRAL MAD 2’s LINK HERE!
Edited by Michael Bailey
Written Backwards Press
Read about the creation of this book trailer here
NETHERWORLD, with sound design by Ricky Lee Grove
Lisa Morton
JournalStone
SUMMER’S END
Lisa Morton
JournalStone Press
THE MISSING
Sarah Langan
Here is a teaser for the feature film DARKSOUND, co-written, shot and edited by moi!
The book trailer for Gary A. Braunbeck’s FAR DARK FIELDS won a Black Quill Award that year.
The teaser trailer, an entirely different animal, has racked up almost 10,000 views vs. the 1,500 the finished opus has gathered. Weird!
Far Dark Fields Teaser Trailer
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE
Harrison Howe, Editor
PS Publishing, UK
Book trailer for DARKNESS ON THE EDGE, which combined two of my favorite things: Bruce Springsteen and Horror Fiction.
‘Darkness On The Edge’ book trailer
CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES
Lisa Morton
Bad Moon Books
HARVEST HILL
Book Trailer for Nancy Holder’s THE EVIL WITHIN.
‘The Evil Within’ book trailer
Book trailer for THE TENNATRICK, my story in MIDNIGHT WALK.
‘The Tennatrick’ from Midnight Walk
Here’s a video I shot and cut from the last KillerCon in Las Vegas.
Book trailer for Michael Bailey’s PALINDROME HANNAH. One of the most ambitious shoots I’ve undertaken for a trailer.
NERVES
Here’s a live action trailer for my book NERVES, which was shot right where the first scene takes place in the Mojave desert.
ACTOR’S REEL
Here’s an example of an actor’s reel I’ve cut.
All That withers 