Films

Background: Who Killed Tony? was filmed in three hours on June 4, 2005. Total budget = $20.

I wrote and directed this short using fellow students at the Minnesota IFP. The script was provided to the actors 10 minutes prior to shooting. The film is based on a lead character from my feature-length screenplay, YOU'RE THE ONE.

Synopsis: Self-centered corporate drones struggle to understand their boss' murder.

Background: Father and Son Talk was filmed in two hours on November 7, 2005. Total budget = $25. I wrote the script and co-starred in this film with Dylan Frederick, a 13 year-old actor. The film was produced for LiveLiberal.com, the website for a left-wing political action group.

Synopsis: What is a liberal? What do they do? How do they live? What do they look like? These important political questions and more are answered when the culture wars take center stage in the living room of a neoconservative and his impressionable young son.

Background: The Interview was filmed on March 17, 2006. Total Budget = $50. I wrote the script and co-starred with Bill Cooper, a local professional actor. The film was produced for LiveLiberal.com,

Synopsis: A potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee must first answer a few questions from a Bush Administration operative

Background: My script for Welcome to the Walmart TV Network! was originally to be produced by director Robert Greenwald's production team for the Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price DVD. However, Greenwald backed out at the 11th hour over editorial issues. So, I made the film myself--on the dirt cheap, of course. This film attracted a lot of very positive, as well as very negative, criticism during it's run on YouTube until the good people at Walmart caught wind of the video and had it removed. So, I just put it up on Google Video and we'll see how that goes.

Synopsis: A “Walmart TV” corporate spokesman cheerfully explains exactly how the $300 billion multi-national conglomerate maximizes its profits.