I make films that fall between genre and arthouse. Recently, since fatherhood, I've made movies that I'm calling "dad-genre."

I’m currently in post on the feature film Genoa. It’s a surrealist take on fatherhood and family. Shot in the city of the same name, I co-directed, produced, and starred . It’s also a family affair - my wife Katerina produced, and our daughter Petra stars in it.

My film Dark My Light, a tropical revisionist sci-fi drama and thriller for the modern age, is now on the festival circuit, after premiering at Fantaspoa in 2024.

I’m currently developing Life, Revisited, which was recently a selection at TFL Next with the Torino Film Lab.

My short films have screened at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, Cinequest, Philadelphia Film Festival and many more.

When I was younger, before I ever thought of film, I wanted to be a poet. I was a terrible poet, but I still write all the time. My screenplays have placed in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, Slamdance, Austin, Final Draft Big Break, and American Zoetrope.

I love teaching like I love filmmaking. I’m currently an Assistant Professor of Directing at Temple University. Prior to that I taught at Prague Film School. I love film history and cinema studies, too, and I hold out hope that all of my students will fall in love with Happy as Lazzaro as much as I have.

In 2022 I launched Wandering Cinema with my wife Kat and filmmaker and friend Mika Johnson. Wandering Cinema is an annual film retreat designed for participants to absorb new ways of thinking of cinema in unique surroundings. The inaugural event took place in Italy, and our second year was in Spain.

Alongside my film work, I'm a father, runner, scotch enthusiast, music lover with no talent for music, and baseball fan. Whether doing some or none of these, I like to spend time with Kat, our children Petra and Nihal, and our dog Ike.

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