In 2008, he produced and directed PICKIN' & TRIMMIN', an Emmy® nominated documentary short that was an official selection of over 2 dozen international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand and Aspen Shortsfest. The film has won 7 awards, including Best Documentary Short at the Woodstock and Florida film festivals. His next short, WATERMELON MAN premiered Florida Film Festival 2010 and has screened at the Nashville Film Festival and Palm Springs Shortsfest. His current film MR. HAPPY MAN has screened at DOC NYC, Aspen Shortsfest, IFFBoston, Nashville Film Festival, and more. It won the audience award for Best Short Film at AFI Silverdocs and Grand Jury award for Best Documentary Short at the Sidewalk Film Festival.