Q: Do you believe in a higher power? (Love, God, Universe, Grace, Spirit, whatever.) Why? Why not?
A: Yes I believe the spirit and the universe sends us special people and signs and art to let us know they exist.
Q: Why must you make films? (I mean, let's be honest, only a crazy person would choose to do it)
A: I must make films because I feel the most alive when I am spilling my inner soul and guts into a film. But it can feel naked and ugly. Sometimes I don’t even understand how I am connected to it until after its made. It can feel like you are Sisyphus though pushing a boulder up a hill for eternity. Wait. Why am I doing this???? Honestly I actually don’t even know. I just keep doing it. It’s all I know.
Q: If you were at a dinner party and had to pick one of these topics for the group to discuss (sex, politics, money, religion, death, food, reincarnation) -- what would it be and why?
A: If I were at a dinner party, my topic of choice is probably politics. I’ve always been interested in studying systems of oppression, race, socio-economics. Either that or zombies.
Q: Make up a question for me to ask the next director I photograph. You can ask ANYTHING — just please be respectful.
A: Which sense would you rather lose if you had to? Sight, Sound, Taste, Sound, Touch.
Q: What’s the best advice you've received from a mentor regarding life, and/or career (must be advice that's had some material impact on your life)? Mine was happiness takes courage. I can't tell you how that saves me everyday.
A: "write what breaks your heart, because what breaks your heart will mend your heart". (turns out my teacher was a fraud but still the best advice).
Q: The last time you had deja vu? What does deja vu mean to you?
A: Pretty much every other day i have deja vu. Either it means either we're all connected to each other's brains and past lives, or our brain neurons are having a massive glitchy fart.
Q: What made you laugh last? When was the last time you cried? Why?
Last night I laughed and cried until my tear ducts broke watching a documentary film about Steve Gleason.
Q: Lastly, tell the people about your next project and where they can see your work. Thank you!
A: I am prepping to shoot my first feature, NANCY, a psychological drama about a female imposter who tells elaborate lies to get close to people emotionally. I also have a dystopian sci fi TV pilot about an epic food crisis, GMO’s and a teenage girl who must save the world.