Filmmaker Bio: I was born and raised in the sunny city of Miami, Florida. I fell in love with movies after I sent drawings I made of some of Disney characters to Disney and asked if I could work for them as an artist. They replied back with a letter saying how much they liked the drawings and how much they appreciated me wanting to work for them but unfortunately they didn't have any positions available for 9 year olds. I guess to show their appreciation they sent me four tickets to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This was the first film I had ever seen in a theater and that's when I fell in love with films. All I could ask myself is "How did they do that", but growing up like most young African Americans in a struggling family, that question didn't seem like it would ever be answered.I continued to draw and then eventually got into sports. My senior year in high school I was faced with the decision of what do I really want to do with my life. The only two realistic choices that I had were drafting and sports because filmmaking was still just a dream. I went with drafting and got myself a drafting degree in Computer Aided Drafting.After turning 23 years old and drafting for about 4 years I had come to realize that I really wasn't happy with my career in the way that I feel I should be. I tried doing some music on the side but still didn't feel like I was doing what I was meant to do. I finally gave up on holding back from doing what was sitting in the back of my mind. I dropped everything, moved to Orlando and enrolled in the film program at Full Sail. Ever since then my life took a turn for the best. I've never been happier in my life. I had finally found what I was meant to do.During my time at Full Sail, I managed to be a director on all three of my school projects. My first short film won three out of five awards; "Best Editing, Best Audio, and Best Picture;" at the school film festival. I then went on to write a script that was chosen for another group of students film project. As for the group I was in, a short film my partner (Jarred Coates) and I were editors on was chosen to represent our group. Our third film project also ended up being a nice piece. Aside from my school projects, I also produced/directed two music videos, a short film, and was the assistant director on two other short films. By the time I graduated from Full Sail I had eight projects under my belt; when the average at Full Sail was three.Since graduating from Full Sail in March of 2005, I have been working on production after production. My work experience consists of doing everything from production assistant and grip, to camera operator and editor. I have also begun to produce and direct some of my own projects that include; commercials, music videos, corporate videos and short films. I have been and will continue to work hard to do what it takes to become not just a filmmaker but a great filmmaker.RED HANDED (1st SHORT FILM).. width="425" height="350" ..LUGA - TRAILER.. width="425" height="350" ..`LUGA - SHORT FILM
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