The Proof of Concept for Below the Silent Sky has Wrapped Production What an incredible week. It felt great to be working with such amazing, talented, cool humans who came together to make the proof of concept for Below the Silent Sky.It’s so rewarding and exciting seeing all the pieces finally come to life on screen. Thank you to everyone (including all those not pictured in the photo above).Thank you to Calgary Arts Development, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Government of Alberta for supporting this project.This is just the beginning of the journey.

One more step down on my journey to make this feature film! I'm very excited to see how this all comes together. The footage we got for the proof of concept is epic.

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Five Lessons I've Learned Producing My First Feature Film (so far) I'm over a year into producing my first feature. I still have a ways to go, but I have learned a few things so far.

I'm just over a year into my journey to produce my first feature film. Here's some of the things I've learned so far.

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Calgary is lucky to have a great professional company for each!

Here’s a question: have you ever been to a ballet or an opera? Have you been to both?

Thank you for writing these live updates! So helpful when I can’t watch the press conference.

Should I Make a Proof of Concept for My Film? Will it even help me get my feature made? And if so, how?

Taking more steps forward to make my indie film. A lot of this post is about iteration. (And a little of it is about Pixar!)

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Okay, who is watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and why is it the best show on TV right now?

Oh hell yeah.

Okay, I’m for sure adding that to my to watch list now! 🙌🏼

I’m willing a cosmic horror comeback into existence. Let’s make this happen.

I haven’t seen that one yet! I’ll put it on my list. 🙌🏼

My definitive list of cosmic horror films. What movie(s) am I missing?

How Do I Actually Finance My Indie Film? Not enough people talk about the money side of making art and making films. So I’m going to really dive into it.

Not enough people talk about the money side of making art and making films. So I’m doing a deep dive for my upcoming feature film. And I mean deep.

Film financing! Grant applications! The business of art! It’s all here:

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I got to build a prototype of a creature puppet today and play around with it and my heart is so full.

This puppet project I’m working on is gonna be SICK.

What Puppetry Teaches Filmmakers - Go Creative Show I did a podcast interview recently for the Go Creative Show. It turned out to be a great conversation. We talked about The First Snow of Fraggle Rock as well as my short film Strangers and upcoming fe...

I was on a podcast! I went on the Go Creative Show to talk about puppetry, and it turned out to be a great conversation.

We talked about the latest Fraggle holiday special as well as my short film "Strangers" and upcoming feature "Below the Silent Sky."

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#LetterBoxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Can we please stop using a film’s box office as its measure of success?

That’s amazing! The little indie cinema I saw it in in Calgary was quite full.

This is HUGE. This dude is a YouTuber who wrote, directed, and starred in his film. It tripled its budget on its opening day.

I caught it at one of the local cinemas here in town. Solid cosmic horror. We NEED more people making and sharing films like this. This is a slam dunk for indie cinema.

Just got word that two of my projects received development funding.

Let’s write some movies! 🙌🏼

A Knight of the Seven Kingdom is so good so far. Give me more!

It looks like the first season is just going to be the first novella, and I’m not mad about it.

The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2026 The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2026 includes big cities, small towns, and some exciting new additions.

Boom! We did it again. Calgary has just climbed to number 4 in MovieMaker Magazine’s 2026 list of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Filmmaker.

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Also, shout out to my former stomping grounds Kamloops for hitting number 4 on the list of smaller cities!

I finished another draft of my screenplay! What a rush. Is there any feeling like this?

Now off to the producers for notes and on to the next draft.

Got to spend a day on set filming wolves yesterday and that was awesome. They’re really beautiful, wild animals and also basically the same as my dog. This industry is great.

Below the Silent Sky Update #2 I'm exploring the process of making a debut feature film. Here's how it's coming along now.

Welcome to 2026! I’m deep in development for my debut feature film Below the Silent Sky. Here’s an update of where we are at the start of the year.

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Some really great films came out in 2025. It was a good year for cinema. 📽️ @letterboxd.social

It’s been a week.

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Finally reading Contact, and damn this is the future I want to live in. Carl Sagan was a brilliant futurist.

One of my nephews found my @letterboxd.social at Christmas dinner this year, and I think I’m officially the Cool Uncle now.

Now it’s THAT time of year.