Trivia

When he first arrived in New York, he lived in a Time Square welfare hotel.

With a grant he received from the Aaron Diamond Foundation, he rented an elephant, dressed his friends in antiquated band outfits and marched them through an artificial snow storm. The footage was later used in The Toll Keeper. Those participating included theater director/choreographer Martha Clark, cinematographer Teodoro Maniaci and director Lodge Kerrigan.

Director Arthur Hiller presented the Student Academy Award to him.

He invited Tim Roth and Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) to work with him on scenes at the Sundance Institute filmmaker's lab.

He was an all state football player in High School.

He directed Brandon Cole's play Imperfect Love in 2018. The sets and costumes were designed by Academy Award winning designer Gianni Quaranta and was "presented" by John Turturro.

He was commissioned to write the play The Happiest Day/The Man Who Isn't There in 2015. It had a four month run in Holland and starred Johanna ter Steege (The Vanishing).

As a student filmmaker, he won the prestigious W.T.C. Johnson Fellowship and a Mobile Award.