Writer, director, producer with BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and experience in the robotics and space industries. My favorite genre is comedy, but have written drama and thriller/horror as well. I collaborate on film projects with my wife, actor/producer Nancy Nave ().
Unique traits: Engineer and program manager in the robotics and space industries.
The Deadliest Loser Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, a hopeless slacker tries to play hero to stop a high-profile bombing. A cross between Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Other Guys.
A Bonkers Move Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy A timid guy stuck in the friend zone with his dream girl tries to win her heart by kidnapping her hated work rival.
Toasting Julio Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy Struggling to save their comic book shop from the IRS, a stressed-out husband and his dysfunctional friends raise money with a fake bachelor party in New Orleans, only to be targeted by a mob boss determined to collect a debt owed to him by the deceased “groom”.
The Curse of the Billy Goat Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy A pair of die-hard Chicago Cubs fans are transported to 1945 with a chance to reverse the curse that doomed the franchise.
Unstalkable Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy Two newly-single guys looking to score get caught up in a contract hit when the mysterious beauty they begin stalking turns out to be a hired killer.
Killer App Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Horror When their viral app becomes a publicity tool for a serial killer, a tech startup team must stop the carnage before they become the next victims.
Dark Horse Budget: $100K - $1M | Sports ⋄ Drama A rookie boxing manager and a discarded fighter set out to conquer the ruthless world of pro boxing their own way. Based on true events. Rocky meets Empire.
Sentient Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama ⋄ Crime A cynical detective is diagnosed with a brain tumor that gives him a psychic gift to “see” violent crimes, and must choose between a cure that will save his life or to solve the case of his murdered niece before he runs out of time.
Okie Doakes Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy A Silicon Valley turnaround specialist takes over a family-run Oklahoma energy firm when the owner dies and leaves her in charge. A fish-out-of water series based in middle-America featuring a dysfunctional family. Silicon Valley meets Arrested Development.
University of Texas - Austin
(1995-1997)
University of Texas - El Paso
(1991-1995)