sentences:  While earning his BA in English from Hamilton College he was able to meet, study and work with Nat Boxer, one of Francis Ford Coppola's favorite technicians, then at Hamilton's sister school Kirkland College.While still in school, Fred produced and directed several short films, one of which, "A Winter's Tale", was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.After producing and directing several short drama films for the Communications Office of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo (one of which, "A Midnight Clear", won a Gabriel Award), they asked him to develop and direct a feature-length film for local television entitled "Skeleton Key".