He’s originally from the seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut and earned a BFA in film production from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. His career in film began as the director’s assistant to actor/filmmaker Ben Affleck on THE TOWN. He then transitioned into creative development, learning first from award-winning producing partners at Jinks/Cohen before then moving to Team Downey, a Warner Bros. based production company where he helped develop film and television projects for Robert Downey Jr.