Now helping filmmakers ask the right question before they spend a dollar.
I've spent 25 years on the other side of that decision — as a producer, I've greenlit and delivered 30+ features with budgets ranging from micro-indie to nine figures.
Films I produced include The Mechanic (Simon West, Jason Statham), Stolen (Nicolas Cage), Iceman (Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, James Franco), Homefront (Jason Statham, James Franco), Military Wives (Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan), The Tale (Laura Dern), Drive Angry (Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard), Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, The Expendables, Righteous Kill (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call (Nicolas Cage), and dozens more. I've overseen production on box office hits, developed an expertise in maintaining studio-quality on-screen within independent budgets.
I'm a member of the Producer's Guild of America and the Director's Guild of America.
But I didn't start there.
I grew up in Miami. My mom was a hairdresser and makeup artist — I was surrounded by image, beauty, pop culture from day one. I worked my way through hotels, learned discretion and crisis management the hard way during Hurricane Andrew. Then I heard the bass from Terminator 2 echo through a mixing room, and something clicked. I was 22. I knew what I wanted to do with my life.
So I sold everything I had, took out loans I couldn't afford, packed my car, and drove to film school in Central Florida. For three months, I slept in the back of my car. Shower at the gym. Eat at Taco Bell. Work three jobs. That's not a metaphor. That's just what it took.
When I finally broke in, I brought something with me — an obsession with the intersection of technology and storytelling. I was the digital guy in a film industry that thought digital would never be good enough. I was right. It got better. That's how it always works.
"The filmmakers who came to me with good scripts often didn't know if their numbers worked. They'd spend months raising money, then discover the budget didn't pencil."
I started asking the question everyone skipped: Is this project actually viable?
PreFlight is the tool I wish existed. Before you spend years chasing a project that can't work — before you raise money you can't pay back — you get a clear feasibility read. Budget range, location options, tax incentives, risk flags. The same analysis I do before I greenlight anything.
The reports are automated. The consultation is with me.