Artist
Graduated USC School of Cinema-Television.
Worked as a music critic for L.A. Weekly.
Grew up in Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles to attend university.
Mother was a bookkeeper in an ophthalmologists office.
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996.
Is a fan of Sheryl Lee s performance in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me , which he called "one of the greatest performances in the history of cinema". Lee later made an appearance in his film White Bird in a Blizzard .
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