American writer, director, actor, and film historian born on 6 December 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. He has a BFA from Columbia College, Chicago and a postgraduate degree in filmmaking from USC. His feature debut was the low-budget horror film Bad Reputation (2005). His other notable works include The Trouble with the Truth (2011), Beaus of Holly (2020), and Hercules Reborn (2014).