Attributes filmmakers Kinji Fukasaku, Sergio Leone, Stanley Kubrick, and Elia Kazan as
primary influences, as well as modern day filmmakers Michael Mann and
David Lynch.
Also a big fan of Akira Kurosawa, Sam Peckinpah, Sam Fuller, Roman Polanski, Robert Aldrich, Sergio Corbucci, Martin Scorsese, David Lean, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and David Fincher.
A few of his favorite actors are William Holden, Toshirô Mifune, Al Pacino, Franco Nero, Bunta Sugawara, and Lee Van Cleef. His favorite actress is Natalie Wood.
His first film "Old Man Music", Won the Gold Medal for Excellence -
Jury Award at the 2006 Park City Film Music Festival.
Favorite genre: War & Western (1941 - 1976) & Japanese Cinema (1960 - 1979).
Born in Missoula, Montana and has lived in Missouri, Maryland, South Carolina, and Florida before moving to Los Angeles at age 19.