New year, new Palm Tree

Hi everyone! I hope you had a Merry Holiday Season and I wish you a Happy New Year. The pandemic is still going on and we now are supposed to be wearing N95s. I think that’s kind of funny as my family is in medicine and now we have to wear medical-grade masks. Anyhow, back […]

La Famille Ep. 3 Reading

Hi Everyone, Here is the reading of the third episode of my limited series, La Famille. In this episode, we meet Thérèse, Dawn’s mother, a woman of a new era trying to break away from past traditions and societal expectations. I forgot to announce it on the blog. It was last Sunday and you’ll see […]

La Famille, Episode 2 Reading

Hi everyone, Here is the video of the reading of the second episode of La Famille. Autumn Silvas plays our girl Kattie and she is so very good. She made my dreams come true! And I recruited my friends Mark Needle and Nicholas Thurkettle to play those hard to cast guy parts. (There are never […]

New Agent!

Hi everyone, As you’ve seen, I now have a new commercial agent, Robertson/Taylor Agency. They were one of my top ten commercial agents to be signed with and now I am. I also got a theatrical agent meeting but we had different career philosophies, so I decided not to sign with them. You can’t let […]

La Famille Ep. 1 Table Read

Next up, I’m working on finishing up all four episodes for my limited series version of La Famille. I’m having an online reading on Zoom for the pilot episode on this Saturday, Sept. 12 at 2pm and you can RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/794606601355410 I am recording the reading if you can’t make it and posting the […]

Film Festivals!

In other news, loyal viewers, the pilot episode for the La Famille limited series is a semi-finalist in the Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards and a finalist in the Flight Deck Film Festival. And Super Break-Up is a finalist in the Flight Deck Film Festival. Many film festivals have had to cancel their events this year […]

Execution, and Roll Credits

Hi all, A while back I discovered a site called Kanopy.com, where you can see 10 films for free each month using your library card. The selection is made up of classic films, indie films, and foreign cinema. I was searching for the French film version of Les Misérables with Gérard Depardieu, and came upon […]

Christmas Palm Trees

Hi All, I’m really making large gaps with these posts. I hope your holiday season is starting out merry. I’m singing in a Christmas concert with my church choir. Here is the event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/582314988874089/ It’s this Saturday, December 15, at 2pm at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Venice, CA. Then I’m off […]

Zip On Your Alligator Skin

Hi all, Happy Mother’s Day! I made sure to call my Mom today because I love her so much. We’ve really become friends as well as mother and daughter. Today’s blog title comes from one of the panels that I attended at the Film in California Conference two weekends ago. The event was held at […]

Boxing Day

Hi all, It’s been two months since my last blog post. I just didn’t get back to the blog. Tomorrow I drive off to LA! (or today according to the blog calendar). I have some potential places that I will be looking at and I hope I get one of the good ones. You […]