Welcome to 2012! Chúc mừng năm mới! Gongxi gongxi! Kung hei fat choy! CEEEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON! It's an exciting time as we enter into this new adventure of a year...one that's sure to be filled with marvelous successes, soul-fulfilling moments, and plain ol' fashioned good times!
As I'm launching into the Year of the Dragon, I look back thankfully on a 2011 full of diverse victories. Here's a few of the wonderful reflections I'm grinning about from ear-to-ear:
As an Actor: Along with booking a principal role in a national commercial for Slim Jim, I played the villainous rogue, Ludd, in the 1-million-views-and-rising web series, "Dragon Age: Redemption" starring internet royalty, Felicia Day!
As a Director: I wrote and directed a promo spot for Power 106 featuring the Party Rockers themselves, LMFAO!
Also, I shot and put together a music video for Liz Fohl, an incredibly talented emerging artist and all around beautiful soul.
As a Producer/Writer: I worked with my homie Mando Fresko developing a show for MTVtrés…and it got picked up!
As a Fight Choreographer: Teaming up with my ReelKick brothers Thayr Harris and Fernando Chien, we put together Santigold's new music video for her upcoming single, "Disparate Youth"
As a Stuntman: I got to work in my home state of Virginia on the new feature film, "Jamestown" (aka "To Have and To Hold"). Additionally, I got sweet haircut out there!
Also, 2011 brought me the great honor of working with an actor I truly respect and admire, Mr. Robert Downey Jr, on the reshoots of Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game Of Shadows! Here's the sequence I helped choreograph with him and an amazing team of guys led by stunt coordinator and my Kiwi mate Markos Rounthwaite (from 0:28 to 1:33)
And last but certainly not least *drum roll please* my 2011 Action Reel!
So as the sun rises in the dawn of 2012, I stand here with great appreciation for where I've come from. Eight years ago I moved out to Los Angeles with a couple bucks in my pocket and dream so big it could barely be contained. The passion for what I do has spurned an unquenchable thirst for creating great work in movies and television shows and I pour all my love into my work. Fortunately for me, I've got a big heart and it's a massive reservoir overflowing with love!
I look forward to sharing my gifts and abilities this year through my work in Hollywood, connecting more richly to myself and to others through this great career that I'm a part of, and sharing the victories and awesome moments with the amazing people already in my life and the ones I have yet to meet. Let's live it up in 2012…time for this dragon to soar!
