To continue the Reasons to Live retrospective, over the next few days I'll be excerpting some journal entries that I wrote during the film's creation. As I've mentioned earlier, when it came time to write the score for Reasons To Live my composer, Meher Steinberg, was in Los Angeles seeking job … [Read more...]
Reasons To Live – 1998
http://www.vimeo.com/2032486 16mm 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. After I graduated from college I began to work in the film industry. First as an office production … [Read more...]
The Cross – 1991
http://vimeo.com/2020127 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 … [Read more...]
The Impostor – 1993
http://www.vimeo.com/1996951 B&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 … [Read more...]
The Ghost in the Machine – 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu36Oy7UsBI B&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 … [Read more...]