May 2010, Facing The Wave, RED camera film, 14 minutes. Position: writer/director. Facing The Wave depicts three moments in life when a person experiences an epiphany through a confrontation with the ocean. The screenplay is notable for its three column format which was innovated to accommodate the film's layered voices. Produced independently. Premiered at the Thunder Bay International Film Festival (Canada).

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July 2010, Professional Show Reel and Writing Portfolio, video, 4 minutes, website. Position: freelance film worker. A reel of commercial production and post-production work. A portfolio of professional writing samples.

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November 2009, Volcano! - So Many Lemons, music video, 5 minutes. Position: director/producer. So Many Lemons tells the story of the Nanopus - a creature with 3 arms, 6 legs, and 3 minds - as a metaphor for the often frustrating creative experience of being in a band. Produced for the Leaf Record Label.

September 2009, The Multilinear Manifesto, website. Position: writer/designer. The Multilinear Manifesto is an interactive proposal and outline championing the possibilities for expansive storytelling with multiple trajectories and resolutions.

May 2009, Everyday Girl, screenplay, 93 pages. Position: writer. Everyday Girl tells the story of a young man who sees the same girl everywhere he goes, but each time she appears to have come from a different walk of life and has no recollection of prior meetings. The young man's journey to understand this mysterious woman leads him through the diverse lifestyles of Kansas City, MO.

May 2009, Floating Cherry, screenplay, 92 pages. Position: writer. As Cherry, a sarcastic and sexually-frustrated robotics engineer, struggles to find direction after graduation, she ends up in the middle of an hilariously unfolding conspiracy involving Pittsburgh's water supply and technology industry.

May 2009, Moondays: Episode 1, television pilot, 29 pages. Position: writer. Set in Albuquerque, Moondays switches between the real worlds and the dream worlds of five strangers. As the characters cross paths they begin to populate one another's dreams. In the dreams each character is different depending on the dreamer and how he or she knows the other people in real life.

May 2008, Top View Interactive, interactive video and screenplay, 4 minutes (average). Position: writer/producer/designer. Top View is a prototype for an interactive narrative film. Following each scene the user chooses which direction the protagonist will move and in turn alters the trajectory of the narrative. Produced for Nola Pictures.

January 2008, Crabwalk, screenplay, 102 pages. Position: writer. As Oshin struggles to control his recently discovered power of telepathy, he comes under the guidance of the more experienced Crabbler, but he quickly begins to question her motivations.

December 2007, Look at Me, Santa, video, 3 minutes. Posiction: director/actor. A video holiday greeting in which Santa Claus murders himself over and over again thanks to a trick of the cinema. Produced for Nola Pictures.

September 2007, Volcano! - Africa Just Wants to Have Fun, music video, 7 minutes. Position: director. A visual montage of Aaron With, lead singer for Volcano!, singing and dancing in the rain. Produced for the Leaf Record Label.

July 2007, WTF, webshow, 30 seconds. Position: co-creator/director/art director/songwriter. The show open to a sketch comedy webshow featuring a comedy troup whose members were scattered across the country but connected through the internet and a singular creative brief. Produced for Crackle.com.

May 2007, Pop Smear, screenplay, 120 pages. Position: co-writer. Pop Smear is the story of a stoner punk band that goes to Iraq on a USO tour. Commissioned by director Rick Knief.

November 2006, Antennahead.us, video blog, 2 to 5 minute segments. Position: director. Antennahead.us is the document of a journey along the backroads of the deep south of the United States. A series of video portraits aim to capture the differing perspectives of the inhabitants of this area of the country.

July 2006, Antennahead: Prologue, Super 8mm black-and-white film, 3 minutes. Position: director. An experimental film depicting the inception of an omnipotent being. Edited in camera. Produced for the Flicker NYC Film Festival.

May 2005, The Herd, 16mm color film, 18 minutes. Position: writer/director. The Herd is the story of a group of animalistic scavengers who arrive in Chicago only to find they are not welcome. Produced with a grant from Studio 22 at Northwestern University. Premiered at Aarhus International Festival of Independent Art (Denmark).

July 2004, Jenny Versus The Tank, computer animation, 4 minutes. Position: director. Jenny must fight to reclaim female body images from the heartless machine of exploitation. Produced for "Introduction to Motion Graphics," Northwestern University.

Summer 2003, Contraband Boombox, video, 6 minutes. Position: artistic director/band member. Contraband Boombox was a music and art group that produced a series of albums, performances, and videos. The standout production involved the band videotaping themselves in a staged performance, then projecting the life-size image onto themselves as they played live - creating a ghostly effect.