Financed his first feature "...Around", a semi-autobiographical tale of attending school in New York City while living out of Penn Station.
Lived and taught English for six months in Korea in 2006 where he both helped design a language and SAT prep program and wrote the first draft of a screenplay for what would become his first feature "...Around" (then called "Two More Years").
Worked as an editor on a behind the scenes feature for "Where the Wilds Things Are".
Avid boxer and has trained in several forms of fighting and defense including Akido, Brazilian Jui Jitsu, Tae Kwan Do and Wushu.