I’m a 37 year veteran of the film industry. A member of the Directors Guild of America for 28 years, having performed the duties of Director, Assistant Director, Writer, 2nd Unit Director, and Producer (partial credits on IMDB). Credits range from large-budget Studio Productions to low-budget Independents and include over 30 Feature films such as; Starman, The Program, Rambo III, The Ghost and the Darkness, Men of Honor, Reign of Fire, and the award-winning From A Place of Darkness (Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, nominated for best screenplay)
As a writer, I adapted two best-selling novels into screenplays and wrote ten original screenplays. Utilizing what I learned in the independent arena, I’ve directed, written, and produced numerous award-winning shorts, an award-winning feature, and satirical commercials for Saturday Night Live.
GUNFIGHTERS' SURGEON Budget: $30M+ | Historical ⋄ Western America’s first trauma surgeon, Dr. George Goodfellow, is a truly epic story. The medical community rejected his radical ideas that saved lives, while his inner demons consumed him. Goodfellow built hospitals, rescued Mexican earthquake victims, negotiated peace in the Spanish-American War, and pioneered reconstructive and antiseptic surgery. Finalist in Genre Competition.
APANA: TEARS OF THE POPPY Budget: $30M+ | Action ⋄ Biography As the Honolulu opium trade peaks, a street-smart Chinese detective goes undercover and battles corrupt officials, the Japanese Yakuza, and his own illiteracy to save his family and destroy the drug ring. Chang Apana was the true-life inspiration for “Charlie Chan”.
Wolf Man of Arundel Island Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Thriller True WW II story of Lt. Hugh Miller, his ship sunk and stranded on a Japanese-held island; he single-handedly attacked Japanese Soldiers and survived for 43 days; with his grizzled beard, the Japanese called him the wolf man.
THE SUPERSTITIONS Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Adventure A driven Professor leads her Gen Z students on a team training/survival course to search for “the Lost Dutchman’s Gold“ in the Superstition Wilderness. The students inadvertently discover a new map and are terrorized by backcountry Treasure Hunters. Based on a series of actual incidents. Finalist Stage32 Search for New Blood, Semifinalist Stage32 Action/Thriller
ALL BLOOD RUNS RED Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Biography The true story of Eugene Bullard, who escaped racist Georgia to France, became the first Black fighter pilot in WWI, married royalty, owned a jazz club, fought in the resistance in WWII, and was a French hero with 15 medals. Still, his biggest battle was the racism he faced in his home country. Finalist -ScreenCraft True Story competition.
CONCURRENCE Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Fantasy Historians say that in the 1800s, it was possible for a Samurai, Gunslinger, French Pirate, and Gentleman Thief to cross paths, and they do, to overcome their obsolescence and battle ruthless Industrialists bent on destroying lives and land in a Steampunk world. Comparable in tone to WESTWORLD and DEADWOOD.
THE RUSTLER Budget: $10M - $30M | Comedy A down-and-out, aged cowboy turned cattle rustler flees to Ireland to evade capture in the modern West. He finds his roots and finds romance with a widowed sheep farmer who battles against a ruthless meatpacker. But, the meatpacker also brings the rustlers past to Ireland. TED LASSO meets YELLOWSTONE.
ENTERING KARMAN COUNTY Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Action A driven DEA agent, out to avenge her partners’ deaths, is stranded in a mystical town that appears to those who need to face their karma, and retribution must occur before a person can leave. Everything you do will come back to you.
A MASSACRE OF INNOCENCE Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama America's deadliest school massacre occurred in 1927. Progressive teachers took an immigrant community beyond farm life. When a "model citizen" with war-surplus explosives destroyed their school, the fearless teachers proved themselves by rallying the community in an extraordinary rescue that led DuPont to terminate its product.
TANGLED TRAILS Budget: $1M - $5M | Western ⋄ Biography The first Indigenous Woman doctor confronts racism and distrust from her own, and townsfolk, as she helps an ex-slave Private detective, with a shady past, solve the murder of a prominent citizen with “new” forensic science in the 1890s.
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Director/Writer/Producer An ex-cowboy, war vet with mild PTSD and socializing issues, picks up a hitchhiking singer/songwriter dealing with trust/abuse issues and suffering from early Covid-19 symptoms. Together, they find commonalities in themselves that develop into a relationship.
When I Sing
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Lucky U Ranch
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The Lifeguard
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War Flowers
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Bad to the Bone
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The Passing
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Blind Sided
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From a Place of Darkness
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Incident at Alma
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Day of Redemption
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Around the World in 80 Days
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The Country Bears
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Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
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Reign of Fire
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Men of Honor
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The White River Kid
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Legacy
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Holy Man
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Los Locos
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The Postman
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Blue Rodeo
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The Ghost and the Darkness
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A Stranger to Love
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Broken Arrow
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Theodore Rex
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Tank Girl
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Geronimo: An American Legend
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The Program
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Sommersby
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Ernest Scared Stupid
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The Rapture
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Bright Angel
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Book of Love
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Ernest Goes to Jail
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Ski Patrol
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Chattahoochee
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Blind Fury
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Ernest Saves Christmas
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Rambo III
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Johnny Be Good
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
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Prince of Darkness
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Amerika
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Over the Top
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side
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American Flyers
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Year of the Dragon
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Starman
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Best Screenplay - WHEN I SING - Borderland Film Festival
Best Picture - FROM A PLACE OF DARKNESS - Horrorfind Film Festival