Coming Home

Northeast Ohio has always been home. After years working in Los Angeles, I wanted to come back and build a company here. Monolith grew out of that decision and the chance to work with Zenen again.

Starting with small businesses

My early work in LA was promotional video for small businesses across the county. Coffee shops, fitness studios, clothing brands, and restaurants. I had to understand what each owner needed, plan the shoot, and make it work with the time and budget available.

Those jobs taught me how to run a production and solve problems on set. I still draw on that experience.

Sports and interviews

Live sports was my first big break in LA. I worked on Super Bowls, National Championship games, and Team USA Basketball. You can prepare for a lot, but you can’t ask a game to stop while you fix something.

I also filmed Hollywood press junkets, setting up interviews with actors including Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Keanu Reeves, and Jenna Ortega. The schedules were tight. The setup had to work, and the person sitting down needed to feel comfortable.

Working on Stand

I worked as Director of Photography on Stand, the documentary about Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. It follows his basketball career and activism, and the consequences of standing by his beliefs.

The film was nominated for a national Sports Emmy. That nomination belongs to the film. Working on it remains an important part of my career.

By then, I wanted to build something of my own and have more say in the projects I took on.

Building Monolith with Zenen

Coming back meant bringing that experience to work in Northeast Ohio. Zenen and I had worked together before. His experience in directing, cinematography, and post-production brought another perspective to the company.

We lead Monolith equally. We both work across production and post, with responsibilities shaped by the project. The LA work described here was part of my career before Monolith, not work commissioned from the studio.

We wanted to build a company here that could take a film from the first conversation through delivery. That’s the work ahead of us.

Service update, September 10, 2026: Monolith works across brand and commercial production, corporate and organizational video, documentary and editorial work, and music videos. See our production services and selected projects.