Born in Big Branch, Louisiana in August of 1965. Moved around Southeast Louisiana a lot as a kid: Kenner, Thibadeaux, Paradis, Mandeville, New Orleans.

BA in Literature: Loyola University of the South. Intensive Japanese: Monterey Institute of International Studies. Lived in Virgina for 8 months: MA in Literature from George Mason University. Lived in Southern California for a spell. Worked odd jobs.

Moved to rural Japan. Two years teaching. Five years in Tokyo doing business, dancing on tables, and writing it all down.

Moved to London: MA/MFA from the London Film School. Worked as Writer+Director+Producer. Produced 13 shorts and two feature documentaries. Main credits on seven other shorts and one feature. International experience includes Europe, Africa, Asia and the U.S.

Work mainly under the umbrella of the Elektrik Zoo, an international creative partnership co-founded by myself and Patrick Jackson.

Philosophy: Together we are stronger.

Earlier Work
The Trousseau: Narrative Short Line Producer (Ghana)
We Should Have Blessed the Set: Feature Documentary Director/Lighting Camera/Editor My Beautiful Reward: Narrative Short Writer/Producer
This is What it Feels Like: Narrative Short Producer/Editor
Thicker than Water: Narrative Short Writer/Director/Producer
A Slice of Life: Narrative Short Producer
The Trouble with Being Lucifer: Narrative Short Producer
The Railroad Earth: Experimental Short Producer
Dr. Yalabeni: Narrative Short co-Writer/Producer
Dead Man Talks: Experimental Short Producer
Batman and Roslyn: Narrative Short Writer/Director/Producer
Cassandra: Narrative Short Writer
Pursuit: Experimental Short co-Writer/Producer/Editor

back to top
Film:Writing:Web:Education:Awards/Distinctions:Affiliations:Work Experience:Lectures

Works Published (Selected)

Features
"Wherever I lay my Hat," The Guardian, 11 September 2008
“Homecoming,” The Guardian, 10 March 2007
“Blood is Thicker than Floodwater,” The Guardian, 28 August 2006
“Emotional Suicide,” Tokyo Journal, February 1999
“Friendship,” Being A Broad, September 1998
“Part-time Entrepreneurs,” Being A Broad, November 1998

Columns
“Healthy Bytes,” FEW Review (monthly), 1999-2000
“Alternatives,” Metropolis (bi-weekly), 1999-2000 (sample, sample, sample)
“Jobfinder,” Metropolis (bi-weekly), 1999-2000 (sample, sample)
“Date Lines,” Tokyo Journal (monthly), 1999 (sample)
“Money Matters,” Tokyo Journal (monthly), 1998-1999
“Broads on the Web,” Being A Broad (monthly), 1998

Articles
“Just Like Heaven,” The Guardian, April 2006
“Big Apple Films in the Big Mikan,” Tokyo Journal, March 1999
“On a Shoestring: Budget Traveling on the Web,” Tokyo Y.Y. August 1999
“Film Buffs: Indulge Yourselves on the Net,” Tokyo Y.Y. September 1999
“Food, Glorious Food,” Tokyo Y.Y., November 1999
“Bound to Please,” Being A Broad, September 1998
“Paula Terry – She Will Survive,” Being A Broad, August 1998
“The Wa of Weight Training,” Traffic, January 1995
“Foreign Rice Declared National Disaster,” Traffic, March 1995
“Please Study!” Traffic, June/July 1994

Interviews
“One Woman in Japan: May Leong,” Being A Broad, April 1998
“The Men of Being A Broad,” Being A Broad, September 1998
“One Woman in Japan: Nobuko Muromatsu,” Being A Broad, October 1998
“In the Spotlight: Shoichi Kaku,” Traffic, September 1994
 
Poetry
“My Grand Mistake,” The Abiko Quarterly, Winter/Spring 2001
“Tsunami,” The Abiko Quarterly, Winter/Spring 2000
“The Fourth Sin,” The Abiko Quarterly, Winter/Srping 2000
“My Response to your accusation of throwing away a bowl of Tapioca Pudding,”
Traffic, December 1994

Essays
“American Mythology and Michael Herr’s ‘Dispatches,’”
Kita-Kyushu University Press, June 1995
“The Heroic Nature of Satan in John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost,’”
Kita-Kyushu University Press, March 1995
“’Desire and Domestic Fiction’ and Miss Sidney Bidulph,”
Kita-Kyushu University Press, June 1995

Books
“No Mickey Mouse Courses in America,” Yamaga Publishing, 2000
“Story Truths,” Kita-Kyushu University Press, 1995

back to top
Film:Writing:Web:Education:Awards/Distinctions:Affiliations:Work Experience:Lectures

Web

Websites Created and Maintained

www.elektrikzoo.com  (2002 - Present)
www.tokyocowboys.com (2002 - Present)
Healthy-Bytes.com (1998-2000)
Being A Broad (1997-1999)
Foreign Executive Women (1998-2000)

Blogs
www.downintheparish.blogspot.com
www.tokyocowboys.blogspot.com
www.elektrikzoo.blogspot.com
www.storytruths.blogspot.com
london.metblogs.com
neworleans.metblogs.com

back to top
Film:Writing:Web:Education:Awards/Distinctions:Affiliations:Work Experience:Lectures

back to top
Film:Writing:Web:Education:Awards/Distinctions:Affiliations:Work Experience:Lectures

• Resident Writer at Room 220 Colton School (Creative Alliance New Orleans)
• Granted the Highly Skilled Migrant status by the U.K. Government Home Office
• Founder of the Elektrik Zoo: a creative partnership
• Exhibited 4 sculptures at the "Art without Borders" Exhibit and Festival in Central London
• Thrice chaired and organized the "Elektrik Zoo Review"
• ("Fostering & celebrating international and cross-cultural dialogue through art, music and dance in Central London")
• Co-Chaired the FEW Career Strategies Seminar in Tokyo, which aimed to address career issues relating to foreign women living and working in Japan
• Long standing member of Foreign Executive Women (a women's networking organization in Tokyo)
• Founding Member of Tokyo Women's Connection in London
• Co-Organizer of the quarterly “Together We Are Stronger” LFS Alumni Networking Events
• Long-standing and active member of Shooting People (U.K./U.S. Organization for Independent Filmmakers)

back to top
Film:Writing:Web:Education:Awards/Distinctions:Affiliations:Work Experience:Lectures

back to top
Film:Writing:Web:Education:Awards/Distinctions:Affiliations:Work Experience:Lectures