A great week for awards at SWFF!

Contactee won Best Okie Flick at the Southern Winds Film Festival. I wrote, produced and directed this short sci-fi film, it was released in late 2006. It was amazing to get it into the festival this year and I had a great time meeting great people and filmmakers.

James Bridges, the director of SWFF informed me that the judges for the Best Okie Flick were all from the Oklahoma Film Commission and they unanimously voted Contactee for this award. I am honored by this award and I thank the commission for their interest in this film. Thank you!

Take Me To Heart won Best Music Video at SWFF. I participated as Director of Photography and it's so great to be part the project. Monte Wilson, the director, and his producer Kevin Kruger, have been taking this video around the world, winning awards and getting wonderful press for Brian Menshew and his album Notes on the Human Condition. It's wonderful to win awards and I give thanks to everyone on the team and those that recognized the work of a very talented Monte Wilson. Thank you!

Contactee showing at SWFF

SWFF is in its fourth year and seems to be growing and getting lots of recognition for indie film and video projects.


I am privileged and honored to have my sci-fi (syfy?) short film Contactee showing at Southern Winds Film Festival, in Shawnee, OK this weekend. The showtime for Contactee is Saturday evening, 9:20pm at their outdoor venue. Can't tell you exactly where that is, only because I've never been there before. :D
This was my first shot at directing a narrative story of this scale. Everyone worked so hard on this movie and the results can only speak for themselves.
As always thank you to mom & dad, friends, family, crew, cast, producers, costumes, food, location owners....the list goes on. Thank you!
I hope the weather turns out nice and we have a great evening of fun flicks to watch!




Also showing at SWFF is the music video Take Me To Heart, directed by Monte Wilson. It's showing right after Contactee at the outdoor venue, Saturday evening at 10:00pm.
I was fortunate enough that Monte called and asked me to participate in this project. It turned out beautifully and I am truly stunned at the results. Monte showcased his talent at directing on this project and has submitted this film to festivals around the world. It has been getting tons of recognition and awards. I am humbled.

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