I was born and raised in southern Wisconsin, to two great parents. I have a brother who was a few years older than me, and got me into baseball. For most of my youth, baseball was really my passion. Of course, I eventually began to realize that I wasn’t going to become a professional ball player, and I instead had to find a different, more practical passion. That is when I discovered film editing. I started making movies with my friends, and before long we had built up a reputation for making hilarious short films for our class projects. We even had a new school rule named after us, regarding what can and can not be played in front of a class.

This passion for filmmaking lead me to attend Columbia College Chicago to study the art of film editing. I moved from a relatively small town in Wisconsin to downtown Chicago. In the 4 years that I spent in Chicago, I had the great opportunity to work on some amazing projects. I worked on everything from music videos to a commercial for a major brand. I met some of the best people I’ve ever come to know, and had an absolutely amazing experience in Chicago. But I knew I couldn’t stay there.

With what I do, there is really only one place to go: Los Angeles. As hard as it was, I said goodbye to my Chicago friends, and my parents in Wisconsin, and moved out to the west coast to pursue my passion.