Psychostasia in Venice

Sara and I just returned from Venice where Holly Zausner’s film Psychostasia was playing at the Palazzo Michiel Dal Brusa during the Biennale.  Sara, Luca, Michael, Holly and I  spent about a week seeing art, ...

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Covid Absence

Hi, No posts for a very long time.  Sorry, if anyone is out there.  Covid made me feel very UNcreative and made me very UNconnected.  I am attempting to come back here.  Hopefully there will ...

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The Expecting. Coming out!

Another one!  All my work from last year has distilled down and is all appearing in the same week.  Episode 1 of The Expecting, Emma when we made it, is dropping on Quibi only on ...

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The Birthday Cut

Last year I spent a weekend upstate with the amazing Eva Midgley, her husband John, Madeline and a great group of talented and passionate volunteer crew members to shoot Eva’s short The Birthday Cut.  Yesterday ...

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Rob’s Great Row

Rob decided to row a small boat called a wherry, that he made!, from it’s home in NYC to Greenport, way out on the North Fork of Long Island.  Most would agree that it is ...

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Grog 2020

We are very lucky to be able to visit Grog each year.  This year was especially great, we all needed an escape from our lockdown in Oyster Bay.  I assisted Schwab in building this Sea ...

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The Expecting Poster

This is probably secret, but it looks like this might be the poster for the Quibi I made with with Mary.  I/we love it’s vintage scariness. I’ll let you know when you can see this ...

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Soho Protest Art

I was in. NYC just after the tragic death of George Floyd and the protests that followed.  the shops shuttered by Covid 19 became a giant outdoor gallery.  These are my favs, see more in ...

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Fishing With Kurt

Kurt and I have been fishing together in Jamaica Bay for 20?ish years.  The Pandemic created a unique situation and we fished more than ever this year.  We’ve had a few great days and tried ...

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The Expecting

Mary and I finished Emma, now The Expecting, in Mid December.  It was a long cold slog but we made some really cool shit.  My crew up there was top notch.  It is great to ...

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Sundance: The Last Shift

The Last Shift premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last week in Utah.  I am very proud of Andrew and the work we did together.  The whole team was really great, and most everyone ...

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Social Media Hiatus

Before shooting The Last Shift in Chicago I deleted Instagram.  It distracts me at work and I wanted to avoid that.  It seems I also neglected my Blog during that time, but I intend to ...

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Uruguay 2020

We went back to Estancia VIK for the fourth? time this year with Jessie and Matt and their boys and Henry came for part of the time too.  It is great to go to the ...

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Andrew Cohn, Director

I spent most of May and June in Rosemont, Illinois with the Amazing Andrew Cohn making his small (as yet unnamed) film set in a fast food restaurant in Albion, Michigan. Andrew and I met ...

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Midsommar OB

Jenny came back from Sweden and she and Anton hosted Midsommar at Sam and Shoki’s in OB. We raised the weird plant covered cross, played funny games like The Drunken Norwegian, and ate yummy Swedish ...

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