Biography

Graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia.

When I was about 12 years old I knew I wanted to make films. I wasn't totally sure what that meant and how I could do it. But I knew my interests lie in storytelling and the media somehow. And I couldn't imagine that I could be a part of the movie business with "movie stars" so I think my - at the time - shortsighted view was I could make "those things that are playing on PBS" which were documentaries. Little did I know that I could do both. And certainly never imagined how things would turn out. And of course this was pre You Tube and home video cameras. I think we are in the midst of super exciting times where everyone can be a filmmaker. And there are resources both to make and distribute them. You wanna make a movie? - do it. Borrow a camera if you don't have one and go at it. The possibilities are endless and while technology and the speed at which we are advancing scares me, it is also very exciting. Everyone has a voice and I love that technology for the most part, makes our voices being heard and more democratic.

Ingmar Bergman once said of his producer Lorens Marmstedt - "he was a genuine producer who fought and lived for his films from script to release". I love this quote!