"Camaraderie means everything."

I used to create stop motion animation movies with my cousin when we were teenagers. But in my teenage years, it never even crossed my mind that it could be a career option. I started to film with a cheap Sony Handicam to capture illegal street races in the early 2000s. Being at those street races really started to get me into filming behind the scenes at all sorts of events, from concerts to car shows. I started making connections through my friends that were part of the car community. But even then, I didn't think it would be a realistic career, it was still a hobby. I just knew that I loved capturing people behind the scenes, but never took it seriously enough to think it would be a career till I shot my first super low budget music video in 2005.

Community and camaraderie means everything to me, my favorite aspect of filmmaking is getting to be creative with my favorite people on set that are like family to me. Being an owner of a video production company with my wife, building solid relationships with my co-creators was more important than anything. I believe character is everything, creativity can evolve, technical aspects of filmmaking can be mastered overtime, but the close community of filmmakers I bond with all have principles that unite us. My producers, cinematographers, stylists, and other close collaborators are all people I consider family, we have each other's backs at all times.