My Crypto Creative Journey

Yesterday was our first day of auditions. I was talking to a filmmaker friend of mine about this part of the process. I told him I hate this part of the process; he’s working on a feature with his brother so he gets it. The auditions are samples of what actors can do – but […]

Last weekend there was a lighting education workshop here in Chicago called Cinetech at Cinespace, the biggest studio in Chicago. They shoot some television shows there, you may have heard of them, some show called Empire, I think that’s on FOX, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Utilities, Chicago Med. and Chicago Public Utilities. Maybe the last one […]

I really enjoy my Fridays — especially since I’ve started going to IFP Chicago’s Filmmaker Friday event on the lot of Cinespace. That’s the place where all of the big television shows are shot in Chicago, and going there always gets me amped about shooting a film. As the kids would say: “It’s lit!” There’s […]

Five years ago, I shot a short called Exubia. It was an idea that came to me as a pill that would make you happy forever; if such a pill existed, would you take it? I was really excited to make this film, and I was fortunate enough to get a producer to help me […]