Filmmaker Statement

I’ve been a full-time screenwriter in Hollywood ever since a film I wrote called “An Interview with God” was theatrically released in late 2018. But in the last few years, I have discovered a new passion when established and aspiring filmmakers asked me to write shorts for them. I am now up to ten, but there was one I wrote just because the concept tickled my darkly comic funny bone: What if a screenwriter read a draft of his estranged writing partner’s suicide note and insisted it needed a major rewrite to set the record straight? Initially, I had no intention of directing it, but I submitted the script to Samsung for a filmmaker grant. They said yes two weeks later and sent me a check two weeks after that. What followed was the wonderful filmmaking journey of “The Rewrite.” The crew was made up of my former Art Center film students, who were enthusiastic and wildly diverse; from Mexico, The Philippines, China, Ukraine, Africa and Spain. If nothing else, we all had a great reunion and a great time, but I think we also produced a twisted little confection of a film. I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.