I create new myths
for film, television,
video games,
and more.

I specialize in the construction of living, breathing secondary worlds and the balance between timeless mythic narrative and focused relational drama. I hold an MFA in screenwriting from Chapman University, where I studied under Oscar-winner David Ward.

My original TV pilot OTHERWORLD was selected for the 2018 New York Stage and Film filmmakers’ workshop and residency, where I was mentored by Zach Helm, writer of STRANGER THAN FICTION. My screenplay VITRUVIAN was a finalist (top five) in the 2016 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition sci-fi/fantasy category. My screenplay STARSFALL was a semifinalist (top ten) in the same category that year, as well as a semifinalist (top 2%) in the 2011 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.

I am currently writing the procedurally-generated open world fantasy RPG, ARCHMAGE RISES, one of IndieDB’s top 100 indie video games of 2023.

I have lived in England, France, and California, and now homestead with my wife and children across the river from my hometown in Oregon, where my family has lived for six generations. I also perform traditional Irish and Scottish folk songs and am one of the few people in the world who make bigleaf maple syrup.