2025, it’s been real. Here’s just a few fond memories and highlights of the year. Lots of awesome projects and adventures to look back on. Edited over half a dozen short films, two of which got big screenings, worked on two features, attended many seminars (at MPEG, LACPUG, and more) went on a cruise to Mexico (Cabo and Ensenada), also traveled to Seattle, Miami, Houston, NorCal, and San Diego. The year started slow, but ended strong. Let’s rock it 2026! 🤙 🙌 🎥
Annual Cruise Ship Adventure - Year 3! Had another incredible trip with an amazing group. This year, out of LA and to Mexico. The vibes were good - Cabo, Ensenada, and plenty of sailing at sea time made this the right way to end 2025!! It’s been real 🚢 🌊 🌅
Ella McCay is now in theaters. I had the privilege to work on this film with a stellar and super amazing post team. I came on during a very busy crunch period and saw it through to the finish line. It was a truly wonderful experience, and my first time working at Fox Studios. Also my first time doing music turnovers to Hans Zimmer’s team! Congrats to our amazing post crew! 🎥 🎞️ 🎬
It was an honor and a privilege for Middle C to win BEST MUSIC Award at CFC 2025! Shoutout to @johnnycannizzaro and @pitmen24 for their incredible work on the music, along with @ascalon@jaclynfleming13@garretthopkinsmedia@courtnerc and our entire crew who we could not have made it this far without! 126 films were submitted, Middle C made the top 16.
It’s pretty rare for me to be in front of the camera, let alone doing a Q&A in front of hundreds of people inside the Oscars theater! This was a night for the history books and we are super inspired to tell more stories and make more films soon! 🎬 🎶 🎹
Beyond thrilled to announce: MIDDLE C, a short film I directed/edited, in collaboration with the insanely talented actor/writer @johnnycannizzaro has been accepted into the 2025 Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge Screening! Please join us at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills (the Oscars Theater!) next Friday, June 27th at 7pm. Huge congrats to our entire Cast and Crew, who put SO much time and hard work into this film (everyone on the team is tagged below)!!
Doors open at 6:30pm this coming Friday 6/27 - it could get busy, so arrive early! Hope to see you there! 🎥 🎬 📽️
Lenny - @johnnycannizzaro
Ruby - @jaclynfleming13
Bartender - @garretthopkinsmedia
Written by - @johnnycannizzaro
Directed/Edited by - @jsteelemax
Produced by - @courtnerc
Director of Photography - @ascalon
Composer - @pitmen24
Assistant Director - @ianwelfley99
Assistant Camera - @cindy316316
Assistant Camera - @thewillardchannel
Drone Operator - @squarebones
Sound Recordist - Steven Stelmach Jr.
Post Sound Mixer - Michael Knowlan
Colorist - Nathaniel Krause
Production Assistant - @jason_iam
Still Photographer - @rexbressler
Poster Design by - @ottophobia
Very excited to announce: GRIEF BEAST, a film I had the privilege to edit last year, has been accepted into LA Shorts Fest 2025! It will be screening at Regal LA Live downtown on Sunday, July 20th. This one was so much fun to work on!! Had the privilege to work with the super talented and amazing @sarahtitherkaplan again on this one. Stay tuned for more! @griefbeastfilm@lashortsfest
Late nights on the Mix Stage! It was super fun getting brought on to edit a short film for a competition called the Disability Film Challenge. We had 5 days to shoot, edit, create heavy VFX, sound mix and finish a movie, and it was a very mad dash… But we made it! This was my first time participating in a timed film competition, and a rare moment to sound mix a film I edited on a mix stage. Was very lucky to have a fantastic and super talented team that delivered under tight pressure. We are all super thrilled with how it came out. Enjoy the poster for our movie FLAGGED 🎬 🎥 🎞️ @disabilityfilmchallenge
Annual Cruise Ship Adventure - Round 2! Had an amazing trip with an awesome group of people, sailing from Miami to the Bahamas. This was the getaway I needed after a long year. Picture perfect views, good vibes, and so much fun. Couldn’t ask for a better way to end 2024! 🚢 🌊 🌅
Team RED ONE. I was extremely lucky to work with an incredibly talented and amazing group of people on this movie. It was my 3rd time working with many of them from both recent Jumanji films! SO much love, passion, long hours, and hard work went into this film, by so many people. It was an absolute joy ride, and one of my favorites to work on!! Please go see this one on the biggest screen possible - it deserves to be seen on the big screen (IMAX!), and it truly is a fun and MAGICAL holiday adventure film, for ALL ages, that should leave you feeling uplifted!! 🎅 🎄 🦌 🐻❄️ ⛄️ 🧙♀️ ❄️
