Recognition:

  • Finalist, Best Horror Feature Screenplay, Austin Film Festival 2022

  • Quarterfinalist, Best Unproduced Horror Screenplay, Slamdance 2022

  • Winner, Best Unproduced Short Screenplay, Film Crash 2022

  • Best Unproduced Feature Screenplay, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2022

  • Best Feature Screenplay, The International Horror Hotel 2022

  • Best Unproduced Feature Screenplay, New York City Horror Film Festival 2021

  • Best Unproduced Feature Screenplay, FilmQuest 2021

  • Best Feature Screenplay, HorrorFest International 2021

  • Best Feature Screenplay, 13Horror.com 2021

  • Best Cinematography in a Comedy (nomination), New Jersey Web Fest 2019

  • Fan Favorite Award, IndieBOOMFest 2018

  • Audience Award, Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival, 2018

  • Best Horror Short, Fright Night Theatre Film Festival, 2015

  • Best Writing (short film), Fantastic Cinema Festival, 2015

  • Best Music Video, Lions Head Film Festival, 2015

  • Best Music Video, 15 Minutes of Fame Festival 2015

  • Music Video of the Year, Houston Press, 2014

  • Judges Special Selection Award, Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei, 2014

  • Best Music Video, 15 Minutes of Fame Festival, 2014

  • Heimbinder Foundation Independent Performing Arts Grant ($10,000), 2014

  • Music Video of the Year, Houston Press, 2013

  • Inaugural Short Film Fund Grant ($5,000), Southwest Alternate Media Project, 2013

  • Best Vine Account, Houston Web Awards, 2013

  • $5,000+ raised (target exceeded) for music video “The Ninth Level”, Indiegogo, 2013

  • Established Artist Grant ($10,000), Houston Arts Alliance, 2012

  • Top 100 Creatives of Houston, Houston Press, 2012

  • $7,000+ raised (target exceeded) for soundtrack record “Titus Andronicus”, Indiegogo, 2011

  • Featured speaker & performer, TEDxHouston 2010

  • Breakout Action Star, Los Angeles Action on Film Festival, 2008

Festivals: 

  • Austin Film Festival 2022

  • Film Crash 2022

  • HorrorHaus Film Festival 2022

  • Motor City Nightmares 2022

  • Houston Horror Fest 2022

  • Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2022

  • Los Angeles Crime and Horror Festival 2022

  • Beverly Hills Film Festival 2022

  • The International Horror Hotel 2022

  • Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards 2022

  • Renegade Film Festival 2021

  • VISIONFEST Screenwriting Competition 2021

  • British Horror Film Festival 2021

  • 13Horror.com 2021

  • New York City Horror Film Festival 2021

  • Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival 2021

  • HorrorFest International 2021

  • Nightmares Film Festival 2021

  • Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition 2021

  • Cleveland Horror Fest 2021

  • New York City International Screenplay Awards 2021

  • Fright Night Film Fest 2021

  • FilmQuest 2021

  • Austin Spotlight Film Festival 2021

  • New Jersey Web Fest 2019

  • IndieBOOMFest 2018

  • Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival 2018

  • Puerto Rico Horror Film Festival 2016

  • Cinemafantastique Fest (Canada) 2016

  • The Art Of Horror Film Festival 2016

  • Boomtown Film and Music Festival 2016

  • Festival de Cortometrajes de Terror "Terroríficamente Cortos" (Spain) 2015

  • Dead of Winter Festival (Brisbane) 2015

  • Ottawa Spookshow and Fantastic Film Festival (Canada) 2015

  • Hollywood Horror Fest 2015

  • Fantastic Cinema Festival 2015

  • Fright Night Theatre Film Fest 2015

  • Wreak Havoc Horror Fest 2015

  • Broken Knuckles Film Fest 2015

  • Latronic Horror Festival (Italy) 2015

  • Hexploitation Film Festival (Canada) 2015

  • PDXtreme - Portland Underground Film Festival 2015

  • FilmQuest 2015

  • Lions Head Film Festival 2015

  • 15 Minutes of Fame Festival 2015

  • Sacramento Horror Film Festival 2015

  • Los Angeles Action on Film Festival 2015

  • Unreal Film Festival 2014

  • New York City Independent Film Festival 2014

  • Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei (Spain) 2014

  • RIP Horror Film Festival Hollywood 2014

  • Houston Cinema Arts Fest 2013

  • Action on Film Festival 2008

  • SXSW 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014