"Aphasia" is an Official Selection of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival!

I'm simultaneously proud and humbled to announce that Aphasia, the film I wrote, co-produced, and acted in, will receive its World Premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.

It was a wild journey that became my own personal film school, and I am beyond amazed that it has come so far.  

The film was directed by Luke LoCurcio, my long-time friend who DP'ed the very first feature I ever acted in.  It was co-produced by my production-partner-in-crime, Olivia Bosek, at our company A Small Fire Productions, and it costars the incredibly gifted Frankie J. Alvarez from HBO's series, LOOKING.  This film also owes a great debt to all its 18 cast members (plus more extras!), 29 crew members, and 66 generous contributors I was lucky enough to work with along the way, and the filmmakers who let me stop by their offices/apartments/inboxes to troubleshoot my growing pains (especially Leigh Scott, David Jakubovic, Jack Doulin and our two executive producers, James Weber and Andre Mann).  

For the people that don't know me, I have been at every Tribeca Film Festival for the last seven years, and nothing could possibly mean more to me than to premiere my first film as a writer/producer at this festival.  It was a labor of love from start to finish.  

I am so excited to share this film with you all!  Please check out the trailer here and more info about the film here!  You can also view the full site with our blog, complete photos, press, and so on at www.aphasiathefilm.com and find updates about the film and festival on www.tribecafilm.com!

Back from my first international shoot in Costa Rica!

What an incredible week this last one has been!  I had the pleasure and honor of working with Benjamin Kanes, a beyond-talented actor and director (he was most recently seen in a little flick called Birdman- you may have heard of it) in the stunningly beautiful country of Costa Rica.  I can't really get too far into the details yet, but hopefully it suffices to say that the people involved in this project were an incredibly special group, and I learned so much while I was down there with them.  

Positive energy, a genuine interest in bringing goodness into the world, and a generous spirit-- these things go a long, long way in the world, and the producers/crew on this film were a lesson in that from start to finish.  The Costa Rican people we worked with were enthusiastic, intelligent, and kind hosts, and coming back to New York with that kind of energy in you is so refreshing.  

One of the things I found most inspiring (aside from the energy of the local people-- Ticos are awesome!) was actually the way the producers worked together.  They're pretty different people with very different skill sets, but MAN-- the respect and care with which they treated each other and everyone on the project set such a collaborative and comfortable tone for the shoot.  

As a director, Ben is talented and relentlessly energetic.  Working with him enables a sense of endless possibility every time the camera rolls, and I feel very fortunate to have worked on this film.  More details to come soon!