I am originally from Chicago. I went to Columbia College Chicago, they have an excellent film department. Many of my friends that I went to school with back then in the mid-80’s work in the industry today. Some have won Oscars if you can believe that. I have seen them accept the Oscars on TV and I still really can’t believe it.

I originally went to Columbia to learn to do video editing. I thought that would be a good job. I did learn how to edit video, but never did get a job doing that. I got side tracked by the glamor of film making. What attracted me to it was when you do it you realize there is nothing glamorous about it. It is very hard work. I liked that.