He obtained his MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory, where he received the Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award. His thesis film TRACKS (AFI FEST 2015) was shown at various film festivals internationally. The film won the Lexus Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Miami International Film Festival. LIVE CARGO, his feature debut, premiered in competition at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The film went onto screen at festivals such as AFI FEST, the Warsaw Film Festival, the São Paulo International Film Festival and the Torino Film Festival.