DIRECTOR WORK

The video below was created for the 44th anniversary of The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland. John Fitzgerald made the sets and props, I was the director and animator.

The following video is a behind the scenes of the Big Thinker Mountain anniversary video above.

The video below is the opening title sequence for a table read of It’s a Wonderful Life. This production was a virtual gala and fundraiser for the Ed Asner Family Center. I made all the sets, props, puppets, and did the animation.

The video below is a segment from MTV's Greatest Party Story Ever.  Co-Directed with Chris Rodgers.  We also made all the sets, props, and did the puppeteering.

This commercial was played on screens in Disney Stores to advertise their Princess Doll collection.

I directed this commercial that was played on screens in the Disney Store.

The video below I directed for The Autism Society of America, it played in AMC movie theaters April, 2017 during Autism Awareness Month.

Autism Society and Ed Asner Honor Ben Affleck & Pixar Filmmakers at 1st Annual Autfest Film Festival "The Accountant," "Po" and "Swim Team" Among Films Awarded for Celebrating Autism Awareness "From Spectrum to Screen" Over nine feature films and six short films were presented during the two-day festival that included this year's Oscar-nominated documentary Life, Animated and international films from China (Destiny) and Malaysia (Redha).

The following videos are parts of a series of documentaries named "MY NAME IS…" that I am directing. I am currently in production on part four of the series.

My Name is David is an animated short film from one of the animators of Robot Chicken, Matt Manning, that depicts a young student's speech to his fellow classmates about his autism. The film features the actual words and voice of the author of the speech,14-year-old David Shapiro Sharif.
My Name Is Neal features the words of a young non-verbal man living with autism who communicates through his ipad. The words were written for a speech that was given by Neal at the UN on World Autism Awareness Day.
My Name is Spencer is the third video in a series of short films highlighting individuals on the autism spectrum. The shorts mix live action and animation and tell the stories in an entertaining yet informative way.

WORK IN PROGRESS - MY NAME IS ED

This is a fund raising video staring Ed Asner that is being used to crate interest in and raise capital for the Ed Asner Family Center and the completion of the fourth installment of the “My Name is…” series.

This interview of Ed Asner is a work in progress of the fourth installment of the My Name is... series. The final piece will contain more interviews, information about the Ed Asner Family Center, and animated content.

EXPERIMENT FILM MAKING

Time-Lapse Photography

WORK IN PROGRESS / PROF OF CONCEPT

The following video is a prof of concept for a documentary I am creating about Sihanouk Mariona (El Salvador’s junior chess champion) and his family, they were refugees from the revolution in El Salvador. The story is told through the eyes of a now grown Sihanouk Mariona who was nine years old at the time.