Experience

The David Lynch Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Founded by filmmaker and Transcendental Meditation (TM) practitioner David Lynch in 2005, the foundation funds the teaching of TM in schools and communities with a focus on serving at-risk youth, military veterans, and women and children who are victims of PTSD. The foundation has sponsored 150K students at 350 schools throughout the U.S. and worldwide. I have personally sponsored a number of benefits which have inspired significant charitable contributions, and included the participation of TM practitioners Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, David Lynch, Dr. Oz, Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Katy Perry, Sting and many more.



David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  I co-founded the David Lynch Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) in Film program at Maharishi University of Management, establishing a groundbreaking form of filmmaking education that maximizes the great creativity that comes out of the practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM). I am a long-time teacher of the TM technique as well. This program serves filmmakers working at the cutting edge of creativity and consciousness. Students learn from industry pros and meet with David Lynch. I co-founded the David Lynch Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) in Film program at Maharishi University of Management, establishing a groundbreaking form of filmmaking education that maximizes the great creativity that comes out of the practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM). I am a long-time teacher of the TM technique as well. This program serves filmmakers working at the cutting edge of creativity and consciousness. Students learn from industry pros and meet with David Lynch.



Los Angeles and New York

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Film Producer/Distributer

  • Feb 1993 - Present

  I've produced and distributed films to worldwide audiences. Worked as executive producer, producer and co-executive producer on projects with Maven Pictures, Pie Films, Cinelou, The David Lynch Foundation, DLF-TV, Nu Image Films (now Millennium Films) and Radiance Films International. Recent and notable work includes: Driveways (2019, executive producer) Skin (2018, associate producer) The Kindergarten Teacher (2018, co-producer) The Yellow Birds (2017, co-executive producer) The Comedian (2016, co-executive producer) Rooted in Peace (2016, executive producer) My Reincarnation (2011, executive producer) Saving the Disposable Ones (2010, producer) Freefall (1994, executive producer) For Radiance Films International, produced and released several hit movies including The Expendables, Sixteen Blocks with Bruce Willis, and 88 Minutes with Al Pacino. As co-founder of Nu Image Films, co-produced and sold hundreds of films in Cannes, Milan, and other international film festivals, making a mark in the burgeoning worldwide home entertainment market.