A hundred miles from Montauk
Written, filmed, edited by me — Please note the documenting and editing of ‘A hundred miles from Montauk’ is ongoing.
In exchange for working as a deckhand on the lobster boat FV Anna Mary out of Montauk, NY; I get to film the men at work. This cut focuses on my first few trips with them, where I discover the beauty and terror of commercial fishing, and how to poop in a bucket while not falling overboard.
‘All the Nuts Rolled to Montauk’ is a collection of stories that could only happen in Montauk.
Writer, director, editor, field producer, creative director
NOTE: WORK IN PROGRESS TEASER CUT, NOT AUDIO OR COLOR MIXED.
Remember that pesky 2010 volcano eruption in Iceland that disrupted everyone's travel plans? I wrote and directed a film about how IBM logistics helped Iceland pivot from air to cargo shipping overnight. My DP and I shot on a volcano, up a glacier, on a fishing boat in the Atlantic, inside a cargo airplane, a freezing fish processing plant, a volcano monitoring center, and a dangerous warehouse, in three days. A once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Dare Bigger Series
Writer, director, field producer, creative director
client: DuPont Kevlar & the X Games — Ogilvy — H&O Productions
A series showing that Kevlar placed in safety gear, can protect action sports athletes, allowing them to ‘Dare Bigger’. I filmed surfers at big wave spot, Todos Santos in Mexico, and mountain biker Cam Zink, as he back-flipped his way to a world record. For the surf film Dare Bigger: Gary Linden, I was awarded SHOOT magazine’s 2016 ‘New Director to Watch’.
The Future of Food and Farming series
Director, writer, creative director, field producer
client: Corteva Agriscience — Ogilvy — Hogarth Productions
An unlikely coalition of orchardists, artists, and entrepreneurs is turning around the fortunes of tiny Tieton, WA. Have they cracked the code for saving small towns and revitalizing rural areas?
The series investigated the current state of agriculture around the world. Filmed in: France, Brazil, and Iowa, Indiana, Georgia, Nebraska, Maryland, Washington.
QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR
The Living Network Series
Director, writer, creative director, field producer
client: IBM — OgilvyEntertainment — H&O Productions
This is the amazing tale of Bob, a Vietnam veteran and Son Vo, a Blues singer who spent his life believing himself an orphan, who both received an ancestry.com DNA kit for Christmas from their wives. Spoiler alert — they find each other!
I created a much-awarded series of films profiling human stories behind the Internet.
A WEEKEND IN MONTAUK WITH J.CREW
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR
Innovation and You Series
Writer, director, field producer, creative director
client: Philips — OgilvyEntertainment — EyePatch Productions
This is a story about Tommaso, a little Italian boy, who had a hole in his heart and was saved by an incredible Cardiologist using imaging technology, rather than open-heart surgery. — A series of documentary films profiling the brand’s healthcare innovations around the world. This was a very emotional series to film, often discussing sensitive and serious health issues and often conducting interviews though translators. Filmed in: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Russia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
