Direct a short film.

“In 2023, I posted about wanting to make a short film about the "yips". Two years, $2.5K, and a ton of mistakes and lessons later, The Serve is finally finished and being submitted to festivals. [...] This was my first time directing, writing, and producing a film. It took time to experiment and to figure out this whole process. Between multiple locations, original music, and extensive sound design, this was a lot to take on for a debut project. And wow—did I make some mistakes along the way! It took additional time to fix those mistakes. I'm especially grateful for my DP, who kept me grounded and made sure I didn’t quit when things dragged.”

“Earlier this year I directed my first short film. I had always thought that making my first film would be similar to most other people’s first short film experience – it’d be small scale, probably filmed in or around my own house with just a few people to help out. More like a ‘practice and learn’ exercise than anything else. But then I won the Jameson First Shot Competition, and flew to LA to direct my very first short film starring Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal and produced by Kevin Spacey. Every person involved with the film was a professional with way more experience than me.”