About
I am a filmmaker.
“A film is first and foremost a dream.” - Jean-Pierre Melville
Me In Bullet Point Form:
- Born and raised in Sydney, Australia
- Other countries I’ve lived in: USA (Kansas City) & Spain (Barcelona)
- Other countries I’ve been fortunate to visit at least once: Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, England and Canada
- Have family all over the world, but they predominantly reside in the Philippines
- Currently live back in Sydney
- I love a good coffee
- If I could eat any meal for the rest of my life it would be salt & pepper squid
- I don’t drink much, but my favourite drink is an old fashioned
- I used to play a lot of tennis, but now just do calisthenics
- Top 10 films: Stalker (1979), The Mirror (1975), 8½ (1963), Nostalghia (1982), The Sacrifice (1986), The Seventh Seal (1957), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Woman in the Dunes (1964), La Notte (1961), Yi Yi (2000)
- I am a Taoist/Buddhist/Student of Zen
- The book I carry around with me the most is The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton, Zhuangzi
- Some musicians I like: Omer Balik, Kastomarin, Metahesh, Stoto, Dj Vianu, Jaynerix, Lastlings
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Some quotes I ponder often:
- “Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness” – Samuel Beckett
- “A healthy person wants ten thousand things; a sick person just wants one” – Confucius
- “We are as we see” – The Buddha
- “Follow your bliss” – Joseph Campbell
- “You cannot go past what is in front of you” – my grandmother
- "Nothing is more creative than death, since it is the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown cannot be avoided, that “I” cannot continue, and that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this, he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he loses it. By letting go he finds it.” – Alan Watts
- “What is success? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A reflection I feel sums me up quite well: A tree that cannot produce fruit and whose branches are too thick and interwoven won’t be cut