The filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist was born in Petoskey, Michigan in the USA in 1983. He studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at Northwestern University. His work, which encompasses documentary, fiction and hybrid film forms, sound and music performances, text and media installations, has been presented at numerous museums and film festivals. His filmography includes short films like ‘The Year I Broke My Voice’ (2012), ‘My Most Handsome Monster’ (2014), ‘Separation of the Earth (By Fire)’ (2015), ‘The Source is a Hole’ (2017), ‘The Eddies’ (2018), ‘At the River’ (2020) and ‘Two Sons and a River of Blood’ (2021).