Education
- M.F.A. Creative Writing, UMass Amherst, 2009
- B.F.A. Film Directing, Chapman University, 2005
Films
Photographers
- Nobuyoshi Araki
- Daido Moriyama
- William Klein
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Rene Burri
- Defacto photographers (I don't normally like fashion photography, but these guys blow me away)
Books
- The Wild Palms
- As I Lay Dying
- New York Trilogy
- Disgrace
- Forbidden Colors
- The Merchant of Venice