BIOGRAPHY

I’m the American born son of Polish immigrants. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. My award winning first feature THE PURPLE ONION, a dark comedy, was shortlisted for the Sundance Screenwriting Lab. My next feature script GLORIOUS EMPIRE, a psychological thriller, has received positive feedback among industry agents and managers.

My shorts and feature film to date, have played at international film festivals including San Francisco International, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Tirana International Film Festival, Cinequest Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, among others.

As  a  creative  producer  in  advertising  and  esports,  I’ve  worked  on  various  brand  campaigns including work for Subaru and Japanese Airlines, and on leading esports titles including  ​Overwatch​,  ​Dota2​,  and  ​CS:Go​. As of 2022 I’m a creative director at John Weston Group.

I received a bachelor’s degree in Humanities from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. I studied film, TV, and theatre directing at the National Polish Film School in Łódź, Poland, where I received a certificate of completion. A Berlinale Talents alum and a MacDowell Artist Colony fellow, I received a Master’s in Fine Arts degree in Writing for Film and TV from Emerson College in Boston.

In another life I had some interesting jobs. I worked in China at my father’s furniture factory, I was an English teacher in Poland, a European travel show host, a seasonal waiter in Greece, a comedy club bouncer, a mentor for incarcerated youth, and a film school instructor.

Cinema is everything you want. I love it when a movie can be many things at once. A thriller that makes you laugh. Comedy that’s really dark. Entertainment that’s also deeply moving. Cinema becomes more than the sum of its parts. That’s what I’m looking for. That’s my life’s work.