I am a native New Yorker, born and raised in South Brooklyn. I can't remember a time when the idea of telling a story didn't appeal to me. Storytelling has always been an interesting medium to me in that it allows you to create, explore, and if you choose to do so, destroy these worlds and the characters that reside in them. My fascination with visual storytelling all started at a young age with my grandfather, a full-on, gung-ho, black and white film photographer. I was always drawn to photography and was lucky enough to learn from him before he passed on. He explained to me the basics of shutter speed, ISO, aperture, and I was off and running. Many years went by where I always had a camera glued to me. Keep in mind, this was the late 1980's throughout the 1990's. Camera phones weren't in your pocket like they are today. I see what photography has evolved into and even though this new technology is welcoming, nothing will replace the years of experience I had gained practicing analog photography. We were by no means well enough off to just load film into the camera and shoot away. Every shot took careful thought and planning because you weren’t able to just delete photos off of memory cards like you can do today. Developing film was expensive, so I couldn't afford to waste money. Every medium should tell a story, whether it is a photograph, film, sculpture, painting, etc. Even a single image should leave the viewer walking away feeling something.

I found an escape from the mundane through films like The Shining by Stanley Kubrick and Jaws by Steven Spielberg. Writers like Rod Serling, Richard Matheson, and Stephen King have always been a huge influence on my approach to storytelling. These men fully immersed their audience in the worlds they have created. You became a part of these worlds and in turn were affected by what happened to these characters. In anything I create, I want the viewer to walk away thinking about what they just experienced.

I am a huge horror movie fanatic. Films like Prince of Darkness by John Carpenter, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper, Night of the Living Dead by George A. Romero, the Friday the 13th series, Night of the Creeps by Fred Dekker are only a short list of films that have helped shape my perspective on filmmaking. I try to approach each project with an interesting perspective all while capturing truthful emotion.

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things but their inward significance” - Aristotle

Spylacopa - "Duskeyhead" - Director, Writer
Demon John
Rising Pulse Records

Spylacopa - "Hexes" - Director, Writer
Parallels
Rising Pulse Records

God's Own Medicine- "Ruby Red" - Director, Writer
Ruby Red
Red Room Records

A Great Day to Die- "Katch'em Kill'em" - Director, Writer
Zygote
Dark Passenger Records

Ice-T/Body Count- "Talk Sh*t, get shot" - Assistant Producer
Sumerian Records

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