This was a collaboration project close to my heart and another aspect of filmmaking I wanted to accomplish; filming in a different language. The symbiotic relationship between the head chef and the local community that reveres him was inspirational to me. I find hope in the stories of those surviving on the profits of their dreams while nourishing others.

(visit ourtacoma.org to see the entire project)

I was proud of this film for a few different reasons; this is a time capsule piece, shortly after filming funding for the gym fell through, and one of Tacoma's storied franchises was orphaned. I completed a sports documentary, centered around my community, and on an iPhone 5S. 

Unintentional existentialism? The Grand Cinema's 72 Hour annual challenge is a great way for me to express feelings I didn't know where there, like an emergency therapy session. After filming this I quit my job. I felt million times more alive being awake in my kitchen all night editing this at 4 am than I can say for all my years clocking in. This one means something different to me every time I see it...and it don't hurt to win. 

My first narrative work. It takes a lot of will to turn blank pages into moving pictures. I am proud to have met and befriended one of the better local cinematographers I've known Keaton Tucker. This was a major high point in my guerrilla filmmaking start. I learned how to storyboard, edit, and identify key elements that I want to strive for in art. It's easy to make movies, but I want to make the viewer feel like they're holding a photograph, not looking at a screen.