He studied filmmaking at Ryerson University, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. His work is atmospheric, and aggressive, but maintains a quiet sense of naturalism. His short films The World Is Burning (2013) and Flankers (2014) brought his unique vision of Newfoundland to film festivals around the world – the latter earned a coveted Staff Pick badge on Vimeo, garnering hundreds of thousands of plays online. His feature-length debut, Riverhead – an arthouse drama about feuding families in Newfoundland – was completed in late 2016 and received two nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards. He has two features in development.