No more doubts!

It took until my junior year of high school for me to admit to myself and to my family that I wanted to be a storyteller, a filmmaker. It took until the Spring semester of my junior year of college for me to admit to myself that I wanted to be a director. My first goal for myself is to stop holding myself back; this goal will be on-going until the day I die. I have always had a wonderful support system, it was always me doubting that I could become a filmmaker, a successful director.

My short-term goals involve the typical recent college graduate goals. I want to find a job, but I want it to be a job I love and hopefully one that is involved in the film-making industry in some capacity. I want to be able to move away from Pittsburgh within two years and move to Los Angeles to begin pursuing my bigger ambitions. I want to network as much as I possibly can so that I can have contacts when I am able to make the move to L.A. I want to be able to afford my own apartment, afford my student loan payments without having to call my mom for some help, and hopefully in the near future I would like to own a dog.

I also want to learn how to balance my life better. Part of my personality is doubting if I am successful, largely based on how much I am involved in. If I am not stressed out, burned out to the max I feel as though I am not doing enough. I want to learn better balance so that film-making does not become a chore but becomes something that I always have a passion for. I want to balance work and family, as well as hobbies. I don’t want my moving to another state to affect my personal relationships that I have in Pittsburgh or my love for camping. I’d like to set a goal that I come home for a camping trip once a year. I also would love to make it home for Christmas every year.

My long-term goals are to be a filmmaker for the rest of my life and to become a narrative drama feature film director. I want to tell stories that everyone can relate to and that has an impact on those who watch it. I want to have a long list of films that I have worked on, but I also would love to become a show-runner for a television series. I want to be financially safe but also have enough money that I can support my family, including my mom and my sister. When I am financially sound and have some spare time, I would also like to return to school for my masters, most likely in education to possibly teach film to students someday.

I want to be happy, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I want to be remembered as a person who was kind to everyone, who was smart, who had a positive impact on individuals but also on the world.

Set Photo 2 (Dec. 2015): A very low quality photo taken the night of filming a 24-hour Christmas film, "Dorm Alone." My second piece that I directed at Point Park.