Romantic Comedy Screenplay Award Finalist
Screenwriter, Director
Rebecca’s life has always been fraught with challenges. But when she is let go by her new boss, can she gain a foothold long enough to decide whether she can date the man? And her friends and family have their own ideas about the situation.
Biography
Hailing from the burbs of Houston, Texas, I arrived in the early 60’s to a household made up of broken and blended families. It seems like I was born tapping the drums, as none of us can remember when I wasn’t playing. I discovered acting at a very early age and spent quite a few weekends at Speech Tournaments, when I wasn’t playing the drums at clubs and events. Upon graduating High School, I decided to start my own life adventure by enlisting into the U.S. Coast Guard and heading off to bootcamp. I liked that they spent time saving lives and busting drug runners. That’s a very cool combination. My interests were piqued at the opportunity to become a Radioman. I’m certainly glad I did, because my job entailed communicating with rescue operations over HF and Marine VHF-FM radio. And that is where I met my beautiful wife … on that very same VHF-FM radio. We were both stationed in the bayous of Southern Louisiana, and she called in from a small unit about 100 miles away to obtain the upcoming Marine Weather forecast. The moment I heard her voice on that radio, it was true love! We were married a year later and I became “we”. We found ourselves transferring quite often, criss-crossing all across the states. After a second enlistment with the Coast Guard, our son Jonathan was born and I made the decision to be the stay at home dad. I went back to college and finished my Bachelors degree. When I wasn’t busy raising my son or in school, I managed to find time to work as a computer systems engineer. Eventually, the three of us landed in Central Arkansas upon my wife’s retirement. I was able to take my degree and parlay that into a non-traditional teaching position in the Public School system. Teaching children goes much deeper than Math and English, as most teachers will agree. I was amazed at all of the counseling and spiritual intervention I took on for so many hurting students. After twelve years of doing God’s work in the classroom, He let me know I was in for a serious path adjustment. God had a calling on my life to use my entertaining skills for His glory. A screenplay was sent to me in 2014, and I was casts as the male lead in a Feature Film. My first film and my first role. That helped confirm within me that I was indeed on the correct path. Fast forward, I have a complete VoiceOver Studio in my home and I take on as many rolls as I can that bring glory to God. I am currently writing and developing multiple projects with multiple collaborators. In a word - I'm having fun.