about me

Regarding writing, I’ve received Finalist, Semi-finalist, and Quarter-finalist honors from WeScreenplay, Final Draft, the Austin Film Fest, ScreenCraft and others, both for the concepts featured on this site and a couple others that are not. I’ve sold a show about street canvassers to the now-defunct ABCd. I’ve been a creative producer for an interactive experience at Eko (formerly Interlude). I was a writers’ assistant for a show on Go90 (also RIP). If you’re noticing a trend with many of my former employers, you’re right. I’m starting to think I have the death touch. Oh, I also once wrote a feature for R&B singer Brian McKnight, who scrapped the project after he (you guessed it!) had to file for bankruptcy.

I’m a Midwesty guy with Chicago roots. I order a sidecar with my beer while listening to Fiona Apple or speed metal. Activism and volunteerism keep me sane, but sometimes get me into trouble. (I’ve only been arrested the one time for breaking into a paper manufacturers’ corporate office.) I’m probably a socialist, but I’m not a big fan of labels. Working with kids at 826LA and Camp del Corazon fuels my spirit and imagination-- some of the wackier ideas I conceive originate from the minds of ten-year olds. My entire life I’ve been an A/V/jock, so I’m equally fluent in Adobe Premiere export settings as I am the rosters of the 1990s Chicago Bulls championship teams. I swear I used to be able to dunk. I kind of have a lot of tattoos, but I don’t really consider myself a “tattoo guy.” I’m one of those degenerates that goes to Burning Man pretty much every year, but more in the Max Max survivalist sense than the party drugs and sequins stereotype.

I currently work full-time as a writer/editor for Ranker.com, and have previously held down freelance positions with Coverfly, Coverage Ink, Mashable, and the Comedy Central Stage. I’m a humorist. I’m a student and teacher of screenwriting craft. My hope is that my brand of surreal, meta storytelling can separate me from the pack. The best advice I’ve ever gotten is to “Write what inspires you, not what you think will sell.” That’s what I’m doing, and it’s what I intend to keep doing.