Classics to Pop, Alternative to Jazz, Motion Picture Sndtrks to Spoken Word!
Throw in Green Day with Alix Olson, Melissa Ferrick with Van Halen.
But if I have to rattle off a little list: Pearl Jam, Death Cab For Cutie, Panic! At The Disco, White Stripes, Horse In Motion, The Dorthy Heralds, John Mayer, Metallica, U2, Eminem, Counting Crows, Prince, Melissa Ethridge, Nick Drake, Matchbox 20 (1st album), Hootie & the Blowfish, Nick Cave, Violent Femmes, Depeche Mode, Cowboy Junkies, Matt Kearney, James Blunt, Mozart (classic and will always rock!) Robert Johnson, Toshi Regan, Ludacris, Fall Out Boy, Gin Blosoms, Jet, Los Lobos, The Drifters, Beautiful Girls Soundtrack, AC/DC, The Replacements, Lucinda Williams, Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack, Alanis Morisette, Ubaka Hill, Dar Williams, Relient K, Johnny Cash, Kayne West, Joan Jett, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Jane Siberry, Kiss!
Movies
Directed:
Matchbook Trilogy - Feature - Preproduction
Vanessa Rising - Short - Production July '07
L.U.L.D. - Short - Production June '07
Office Beast - Horror/Comedy Short
I Hate Music - Rap Video
Reverb - Experimental Narrative Short
Silent Count - Narrative Short
The Lake - Experimental Short
Sam's Mole - Documentary
Cielto Lindo - Documentary
Passing Through - Narrative Short
Stranded - Narrative Short
Everything But Water - Narrative Short
A Few Movies I Dig:
Moonlight Mile, Bound, Persona, The Departed, It's A Wonderful Life, Little Miss Sunshine, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Empire Records, Running On Empty
Closer, The Usual Suspects, Snatch, Clerks, Ordinary People, Rocky, St. Elmo's Fire, Un Chein Andalou, 400 Blows, Su Fredrich films, The Outsiders (of course), Spiderman 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Scream, Rudy, Adaptation, Bend It Like Beckham, Super Size Me, El Marachi,The Faculty, The Breakfast Club, The Matrix, Memento, All About My Mother, George Washington, Lonesome Jim, Dazed and Confused, Boyz In The Hood, The Butterfly Effect, Two To Tango, From Dusk Til Dawn, Mi Vie En Rose, In The Bedroom, Crash, Lethal Weapon, Reality Bites, Superstar, Me & Jean Pierre, Underworld, D.E.B.S., Fools Rush In, Blue Crush, Little Black Box, American Werewolf In London, Rushmore, Real Women Have Curves, Life As A House, Pump Up The Volume, Return of the Jedi, The Accidental Tourist, Office Space
Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Heroes
John From Cincinnati
The Office
Everwood
The Simpsons
The Wire
Miami Ink
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip
Books
Grew up reading The Outsiders, so it's a personal fav.
Others I Enjoy:
Five Were Missing
Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nightime
Far From Xanadu
Ball Don't Lie
Kissing Kate
Prom Night From Hell
Many Stones
Luna
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Monster
Crank
Jacob the Stranger
Long Gone Daddy
Grafetti Girl
Heroes
Christine Vachon, Betty Thomas, my 7th Grade History Teacher, Joss Whedon and the creator of the VCR because that got me through my small-town life.
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: English
Minor: Theater (almost)
Clubs: Theater Club, Peer Educators, Women's Center, NCBI
1994 to 1998
Odem H S
Odem, TX
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Basketball, Drama
1988 to 1989
Mathis H S
Mathis, TX
Graduated: 1992
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Key Club, Youths Against Cancer, Percussion Squad, UIL-Drama/Debate, Tennis, Basketball, Student Council
Worked professionally with Betty Thomas (John Tucker Must Die, Can..t Hardly Wait), Douglas McGrath (Infamous, Bullets Over Broadway) and Lucy Walker (The Devil..s Playground). Killer Films in NYC was a terrific training ground. The worked me to the bone and I came back for seconds! There..s no doubt that was the best place to learn what it takes to make a good film on a low budget.
My first novel PRIZEFIGHTER EN MI CASA picked up:
The 2004 Delacorte Dell Yearling Award
The Parents.. Choice Silver Honor 2006
Flamingnet Top Choice Award 2006
The National Council for the Social Studies Notable Books 2007
The New York Public Library List for Teens 2007
So, um...read it if you get a chance.
My second book, FEELS LIKE HOME releases April 10th
Who I'd like to meet:
Joss Whedon, S.E. Hinton, Tim Burton
The Bionic Woman, The Bionic Man, Kiss
The creator of the TV Dinner, Pearl Jam
Cameron Crowe, Amy Heckling, Johnny Depp
the cast of Heroes
