His work has been screened at festivals, including the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival and the Twin-Cities Film Fest, and his script Hive won the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Dedicated to the authentic representation of characters and themes on the most powerful mass media and entertainment tool the world has ever known—the screen—he understands the power film and video have to more than merely entertain, but to reach out, touch, inform, and inspire others. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing: Screenwriting from Augsburg University and a BFA in Film & Video Production from Regis University.