Archive for the ‘Short Films’ Category



Reasons To Live – 1998

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Reasons To Live16mm Colour film, 23:03 min.
Synopsis: Colin Payne gets more then he bargained for when The Grim Reaper shows up at his door demanding to know why he won’t die. Continue reading.

The Cross – 1991

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

The Cross - Short Film Image
Colour and B&W 16mm film, 8:33 min
Synopsis: A student film that deals with a young man’s struggle to understand the concept of God and religion.

The Cross was my third year film at OCAD. I think that of all my shorts from college this is the one that reeks the most of “student film”. Continue reading.

The Impostor – 1993

Friday, October 17th, 2008

The Impostor - Film StillB&W 16mm film. 16:36min
Synopsis: A meek real estate agent thinks he’s found a machine that can solve all of life’s problems in this Twilight Zone-esque comedy.

Before I continue I should note that I’m not creating these posts in chronological order; there are quite a few shorts between The Ghost in the Machine and this one. I plan to give all of them their due on these pages before long Continue reading.

The Ghost in the Machine – 1990

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Ghost in the Machine - Film StillB&W 16mm film on video. 3:58min
Synopsis: A cyberneticist finds out what really happened to his grandfather when he takes over the old man’s work

The Ghost in the Machine was my first short film. I’d shot a couple of projects on video in high school, including Macdeath a parodic modernization of Shakespeare’s Macbeth that garnered us the amazing grade of 25/15. Continue reading.