Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, Martin Scorsese, Klaus Kinski, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire, Franz Kafka, Tom Waits
2009 Webby Honoree for "Gemini Rising"
Best Local Film "Gemini Rising" Backseat Film Festival 2008
"The Music of Erich Zann" Temple University Senior Projects Rough-Cut Award Diamond Screen Best Undergraduate Film Award Diamond Screen Audience Choice Award 2006,
Festivals
Florida Music Festival Indie Film Jam 2008, First Sunday Comedy Film Festival 2008, Backseat Film Festival 2008, Faux Film Festival 2008,Diamond Screen Festival 2006