A LITTLE BACKGROUND
About
I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and started making videos long before I knew it could become a career. I was filming skiing, friends, concerts and whatever else seemed interesting, then figuring out how to edit it together afterward. That curiosity eventually took me to Michigan State, where I studied Media Arts and Technology and started turning something I loved doing into something I could build a career around.
My professional career really took shape in hockey. I spent years with the Grand Rapids Griffins creating video and digital content, before moving on to the Detroit Red Wings. I got to work inside the world I grew up watching, from game nights and championship runs to LEGO stop-motion videos, social content and projects that reached millions of people.
Today my work stretches well beyond sports. I create branded films, documentaries, social content, interviews, live-event coverage and campaigns for organizations of all sizes. Sometimes I’m directing a crew, sometimes I’m behind the camera, sometimes I’m editing, and sometimes I’m figuring out what the idea should be in the first place. I like being involved from the first conversation through the final cut.
I’ve always been curious about why some things make us stop, watch and remember them while other things disappear immediately. That’s probably why I’m still making videos.
A lot of what I make outside of work comes from that same curiosity. I’m interested in Michigan history, sports, live music, old media, forgotten places, internet culture and the things people feel nostalgic about years later. I’m usually working on some kind of side project, digging through an archive, filming something that caught my attention, or trying to turn a random idea into a video.
I don’t really separate personal curiosity from professional creativity. One usually feeds the other.