He grew up living between Los Angeles and Palisades, New York, and went on to attend the USC School of Film-Television. He began directing while in the program, and subsequently won the school’s “George Lucas Award”, for one of his student directorial projects. After graduating, he initially focused on a career in acting, playing supporting roles in such film and television projects as, “Gia”, “Hell’s Kitchen”, “Original Sin”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “Breaking Dawn”, and “The Game”. He then shifted his focus to producing, and went on to produce such projects as, “Trudell” and “That’s Our Mary”. He currently serves as the Executive Board Director of Artivist, a film festival devoted to projects about human rights and the environment.