Born in Brooklyn and raised in Long Island, he took to filmmaking at an early age and worked on a variety of productions for short films, music videos, and commercials throughout high school and college. After receiving his B.A. from New York University, he applied to and enrolled in the film directing MFA program at Columbia University's School of the Arts, where he is now in his third year. He has helped to produce a number of short films before and during his time at Columbia. He produced The Many Lives of Arthur, directed by Noah Dodson, which made the short-list for the 2016 Student Academy Awards.