His feature film Entertainment premiered at Sundance then on to Locarno and and New Directors/New Films. His previous feature, The Comedy, also premiered at Sundance. In 2011, he was awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He has directed videos for Oneohtrix Point Never, Sharon Van Etten, Bonny "Prince" Billy, Benjamin Booker and Angel Olsen, among others. In addition to his directorial work he has released nine records on Jagjaguwar, most recently with his band Spokane in 2007.