He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. Upon graduating in 1999, he decided to become a film-maker and went to study at UCLA’s Animation Workshop. There he created The Hangnail, The Astounding Talent of Mr. Grenade, and 9, and earned in 2004 a master’s degree in animation. His original short titled 9 took him four and a half years to complete and was released in 2005.