Experience
Sharp Entertainment — 90 Day Fiance Franchise
2009 — Present
Producer / Director
- Directed and produced episodes of TLC's 90 Day Fiance — one of cable television's highest-rated franchises — owning the full production lifecycle from concept through final delivery.
- Led cross-functional crews of 10-20+ (DPs, camera ops, sound, post) under tight broadcast deadlines, managing shifting network priorities while maintaining creative quality.
- Synthesized complex interpersonal dynamics into accessible, emotionally resonant story arcs from raw documentary footage — the same skill set required to make AI product capabilities feel human.
- Consistently delivered broadcast-ready content on compressed timelines, staying composed and making sharp creative decisions when conditions were unpredictable and the brief was still evolving.
Freelance — Director of Photography
2007 — Present
DP / Cinematographer / Camera Operator
- Shot for Netflix (High on the Hog), Warner Brothers (Gotham), Discovery, History Channel, A&E, and MTV — full ownership of visual language, lighting, and on-set creative direction.
- Year-long GE 'Works' campaign: motion control timelapse and specialized camera work for one of the largest corporate brand campaigns in broadcast.
- Hands-on post-production across projects — comfortable in editorial, directing colorists and sound designers, and delivering final cuts across broadcast, streaming, social, and corporate formats.
id8Labs LLC
2024 — Present
Founder — AI Product Studio
- Built and shipped 6 AI products using Claude, applying production craft to interactive narratives: Three.js cinematics, generative visuals, spring-physics animations, and AI-voiced narration.
- Authored "Consciousness as Filesystem," a technical paper on AI cognition — demonstrating fluency in the technical language of AI product launches and the ability to translate frontier concepts for broad audiences.
- Direct all product launch content end-to-end: concept, scripting, production, mixed-media delivery on self-imposed compressed timelines.
Everglades Outpost — Origin
2003 — 2007
Animal Wrangler / Production Support
- On-set animal handler for Discovery, Animal Planet (Jeff Corwin, Nigel Marvin), and CBS (CSI: Miami). Learned to read rooms, stay composed under pressure, and work in unpredictable field conditions — instincts that became the foundation for 23 years in production.
Select Credits — Director / DP / Producer
- 90 Day Fiance Franchise
- High on the Hog
- Gotham
- Orange County Choppers / OCC+
- Dark Horse Nation
- ExPats (6 countries)
- The First 48
- GE 'Works' Campaign
- Revlon #GoBOLD
- Burger King / Jersey Shore
Full credits: 28+ shows across TLC, Netflix, Discovery, MTV, A&E, Spike, Lifetime, Oxygen, Animal Planet, CBS
What I Bring
Cross-Domain Transfer
Television to AI isn't a pivot — it's the same work at a different frequency. Metabolizing chaos into coherence.
Making AI Feel Human
Making launches meaningful to broad audiences — not just technically impressive, but emotionally resonant.
Creative Under Pressure
23 years delivering when timelines compress, conditions shift, and the brief is still evolving.