He is born in the San Fernando Valley of southern California, in the United States of America, in 1965. When he is three, he moves with his mother to the Pacific Northwest. There, he lives in a commune in the forest on the island of Orcas in the straights of San Juan de Fuca, observing nature and talking with the adults. He shows an early aptitude for storytelling, encouraged by his mother. This will later be referred to as "short fiction" or "making things up." While on Orcas, he sees his first film: it is "The Yellow Submarine." At eight, now in the rural northern California burg of Santa Rosa, he attends school in the elaborate costume of Mr. Toad, against his mother's counsel. His classmates are hostile, and his fate in entertainment is sealed. At ten he performs as the March Hare on a parade float and at thirteen he is leading a double life as both a high school truant and a clandestine lighting designer at the local university. Denied the right to test out of high school and legitimately attend university, he immerses himself in the Hollywood movies of the 1930's, slavishly donning a trench coat in the heat of summer. At eighteen he has made the move to Hollywood, loading trucks and carrying lights around for a movie lighting rental house. He still carries lights around today, albeit for the purpose of set lighting for motion pictures and television. His creative drive still energised, he continues to write and develop stories for film. His 35mm short "The Ice Cream Man" debuted in 2002 in San Francisco and continues to screen at festivals to delighted audiences, while his DVCam short "Going Someplace" earned him a finalist slot in the Perrier Across America filmmaking competition. He currently is developing several independent film projects under the utmost secrecy.