What You Don't Learn in Film School

Success or failure isn’t based solely on your ability to recoup an investor’s capital, but also how you conduct yourself during the entire process

Write. Study great films. Collaborate with others. Edit. Grow. No one is going to give it to you and I promise Ed McMahon isn’t going to knock on your door and hand you a million dollar check to get you ‘kick started’.

My philosophy has always been to do something each day before your head hits the pillow that will get you closer to reaching your goal.

Friends, you realize, I was not only getting a crash course, hands on experience shadowing Zalman F-in’ King, but did it on SONY’s dime in one of the most beautiful places on Earth! Why? Because Z saw my desire to work and realized I was willing to invest in myself

Hard work pays off and passion is contagious…and yes, even a blind squirrel bumps into a nut once in a while,