- Attributes filmmakers Kinji Fukasaku, Sergio Leone, Stanley Kubrick, and Elia Kazan as primary influences, as well as modern day filmmakers Michael Mann and David Lynch.
- Also a big fan of Akira Kurosawa, Sam Peckinpah, Sam Fuller, Roman Polanski, Robert Aldrich, Sergio Corbucci, Martin Scorsese, David Lean, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and David Fincher.
- A few of his favorite actors are William Holden, Toshirô Mifune, Al Pacino, Franco Nero, Bunta Sugawara, and Lee Van Cleef. His favorite actress is Natalie Wood.
- His first film "Old Man Music", Won the Gold Medal for Excellence - Jury Award at the 2006 Park City Film Music Festival.
- Favorite genre: War & Western (1941 - 1976) & Japanese Cinema (1960 - 1979).
- Born in Missoula, Montana and has lived in Missouri, Maryland, South Carolina, and Florida before moving to Los Angeles at age 19.
- Loves Naked Orange Juice.
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