I started my journey into Filmmaking with editing Youtube videos, and it eventually grew into wanting to create more. I make films because it’s the best medium where I feel that I can showcase my perspective, and share with others my Point of View. filmmaking is really like living in someone else’s shoes for a while.

Ever since I touched a camera I’ve been determined to learn how to make things specific and really mold a visual language. It’s such a fun time working with cameras and the process of working with lights and cameras is fun for the arts and crafts of it all. I’ve definitely sought out a lot of guidance in the form of mentors and peers that have helped me and I help them, we all grow together in that kind of space. People like Cecil ( CSpot Media ), Dom ( CameraBots ), WaxBando, Danny Guzman, Jaden Pink, Jeremiah Grimes, and many more.

Now I feel like I’m just getting things started and developing a style, a team, and a more efficient work flow.

This process is anything but smooth and comes with it’s challenges, as do all things worth pursuing. I’d say my biggest struggles have been consistency in times of hardship, learning to trust that other people are here and willing to help, and accepting some of my own weaknesses in my craft.

I think becoming a product of over-productiveness and routine, well that’s something I feel can get a person stuck. A sort of creative block or beginning to replicate my own work has happened to me in the past.

I am a filmmaker who considers themselves more of an expressionistic artist through lighting, camera movement and editing. I want people to really attach themselves to the visuals and films that I create because they feel engulfed within that narrative. I definitely would say I have an good understanding on lighting and framing to make the environments feel like they emote within the mood of the projects I produce.

I’m most proud of being about to improve and learn from the practices, mistakes, and successes that come along with this creating process. It sets me apart from someone who isn’t willing to put in the work time, and time again to learn from their mistakes with the intent to improve on the next project. I don’t take this process lightly, I want things to be the best that they can be because those extra steps really benefit the product that is made. We should be leaving every single shoot with at least one moment that feels unreal to have been created.

If I could give advice to anyone who is starting their journey in filmmaking, content creation, cinematography, and really anything in life. I’d say keep working on what you love, keep trying even when it’s frustrating, difficult, and inconvenient because the second you stop trying you’ve lost. It’s impossible not to achieve your goals in this life unless you stop trying and, stop wanting to grow.

I wish I knew that if i just had gotten out of my own way sooner that I’d be further along my track and past where i’d ever thought id go. I wish I knew I was capable of what I have done today sooner, because I would have ran for this life sooner.

Feature filmmaking is next. My ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation of filmmakers, and visual story-tellers like the last generation did for me. By making films it is my goal to invoke that “will of fire”, that passion into the youth or tomorrow. Once it’s all said and done, I want to teach them myself.