Vino Veritas

Vino Veritas is a feature-length documentary currently in production.

There are plenty of obsessions in the world: sports, money, sex, politics and religion. But few endeavors attract as much devotion as wine. Aficionados will shell out hundreds of dollars for a single bottle and travel the world over to taste new vintages.

But some are called to wine on another level. They have that peculiar American quality that convinces them that they can leave everything behind and redefine themselves. They risk it all, giving up careers, families, friends…everything they’ve ever known…to reinvent their lives in wine.

This film is the story of ordinary people with an extraordinary passion. It’s the story of the moment they fell in love with wine. It is a film for dreamers: anyone who has ever loved a bottle of wine or stood in a vineyard, closed their eyes and imagined a different life. It is the story of success and failure, and the mystery that turns a humble batch of crushed fruit into a lifelong obsession.

A Country Wedding

My first short film, which I wrote, co-produced and co-directed and edited, debuted at the Da Vinci Film Festival in March of 2010. It’s called A Country Wedding, based on my short story by the same name. Here’s the Synopsis:

Jake and Charity have been best friends since childhood, and Jake’s been in love with her as long he can remember. But there are two complications: they’re cousins, and Charity’s getting married.

Now Jake’s forced to not only witness her shotgun marriage to the town punk, but also serve as the best man. And his last chance to let her know how he feels is when he’s called up for the toast.

A Country Wedding is a sad, funny tale of love gone wrong in a small town. It’s the story of two kids growing up fast and forced to face a future different from anything they imagined.

Find out more about the film on the Web site or on IMDB. This film is the first project of our media collective, Three Crows Productions, based in Corvallis, OR.