I consider myself a painter, really. I grew up with a pencil and a brush in my hands, spilling my brains out onto the paper. At some point, I realized there’s only so much I can do with the canvas. On the screen, I can paint with lights and bounces and scrims and filters and angles, and if I really want to, I can still paint the screen with a brush.

I consider myself crazy, really. I waste hours and hours finding ways to integrate the camera beyond just a fly-on-the-wall. The camera is a narrator; it is a character that dictates what is told without words. Every angle means something. Every movement has motivation. Every shadow has a source, and every light has a purpose.