20 Years of Experience
Five minutes on a film set and I was hooked. I loved the people who made MAGIC and wanted to know EVERYTHING! I've spent the last 20 years learning from, and mastering the art form of budgeting & managing 100+ person crews of Emmy & Academy Award-winning writers, actors, directors, DP's, Production designers, costume designers, VFX supervisors, and editors. My wife is a costume designer and my daughter is an actress, so it's a family affair. And I love spreadsheets...
I've done every job on set from writer to cinematographer to VFX producer. I've written feature scripts, shot, edited, colored, mixed, and recently used the latest AI tools ,to created boards & shots. However, my primary tools are an experience curated creative eye, a studied understanding of the math needed to make a story great, and the ability to communicate the project goals and logistics across the entire project team.
Film is team sport so it's mostly about having the experience to know what makes a player great, and then letting them play.
Technology, Budgets, Celebrities, Travel
I've done a lot of "first-ever" types of projects and lived on the bleeding edge of film technology. I've been responsible for building custom wireless camera systems, fiber networks, streaming software, and real-time social media farming API's. I've produced great creative at every budget level from million+ dollars per shoot day (Cheers Tony & Ridley Scott), to indie films that had less than $1000 per shoot day.
I've worked with every form of celebrity from to Taylor to Brando.
I traveled and built production teams in too many cities, states, countries, and continents to list. It's a great perk of the job.
RESUME
Education
After completing a Finance degree from the University of Tampa I worked for a couple of years in real estate development but I wanted to do something creative so I went back to school and completed dual technology degrees in Audio Engineering and Computer Graphics & Animation from Full Sail University.
Work Experience
20+ years of experience producing films. I've worked as an Executive Producer and Line producer. As owner/Executive producer and freelance EP at several companies, I was responsible for the full company start-up duties, including the creation of sales, marketing, social media, public relations, legal, and IT departments. As a working Executive producer I was responsible for client and agency communications, project budgeting director rosters communication and contracts. as well as managing the head of production.
As a line producer, my responsibilities included client and agency communications, developing scripts, and budgeting projects from $1000 to $1 million per shoot day. Building and managing 100+ person freelance production teams. Then producing the creative (scripts and or storyboards) to finish videos sometimes including full post-production producer responsibilities - editorial, color, sound design & mixing, and supervising VFX and finishing.
Directors
Tony Scott, Cohen Brothers, Spike Jonz, Jason Zada, Ericson Core, Tom Dey, Nicolai Fuglsig, Tom Kuntz, Stephanie Green, Sean Thonson, Pat Sherman, Fredrik Bond, Mike Mills, Danny Ducovny, Danny Jelinek, Eric Kaufman, Matt Ogens, Bridgett Palardy, Filip Engstrom, Sergio Celli, Ben Conrad, Lucie Aniello, Evan Silver, Zak Marx, Sam Crawford, Tim Wheeler, That Jam, Bob Partington, Simon Needham, Ben Hansford, Victor Garcia, Noam Murro, Mike Woods, Josh Nussbaum, Style War.
Brands
Acura, Adidas, Audi, Boost Mobile, Bud Light, Cadillac, Carl’s Jr, Chrysler, Church’s, Claritin, Coke, Craftsman, Dell, Diet Coke, Disney, Dodge, Dunkin Donuts, Facebook, Farmers Insurance, Fox Sports, Garmin, Garnier, Harry Potter, Hasbro, Herbalife, Hollywood Records, Jeep, Kelly Bluebook, Kraft, Kubota, Lockheed Martin, Marlboro, Mercedes, Napa Autoparts, Nike, Noom, Olympics, Oral B, Panera, Pokemon, Porsche, Purina, Rayban, REI, Samsung, Sauza, Seven UP, Sketchers, Snap, Spectrum, Square Enix, Symantec, T Mobile, Taco Bell, Target, TGI Fridays, Toyota, Uber Eats, Volkswagen, Walmart.