I recently got asked some questions for a Mexican magazine, and I decided to just convert my responses into a FAQ. So here it is... What was the first thing you directed? Which is the work you've done that you're the happiest about? How did you decide to be a director? How do you come up with your ideas? What are your future plans? What advice would you give to people that want to direct? I didn't originally set out to be a director, I arrived at it after kicking around Hollywood in various assistant jobs. My very first job here was as a PA on Dawson's Creek, which soon after I got bumped up to being assistant to one of the Supervising Producers on the show, Mike White. My responsibilities pretty much consisted of answering his phone, writing a spec script and going to see movies with him. As soon as the season was over, I followed Mike to a film called Chuck & Buck, which he wrote and was starring in. He got me a job being the assistant to Miguel Arteta, the director of the movie. It was super low budget, shot on DV, and there was no real crew. For the two and a half months I worked on the film, I did everything - helped Miguel, scout locations, help casting, was the assistant camera person. I worked 16 hour days six days a week for $200/week, but it was the best education you could possibly want. I learned everything there was to know about production and low budget filmmaking, and I think that really informed a lot of what I would do later. However, I didn't want to be a director at that time, because it seemed unattainable, and almost cliche, because there are so many young kids in LA who fancy themselves directors, and I didn't want to be just another. So, I went to work for Carol Baum, a veteran producer with an amazing list of credits and a wealth of information about movie-making. She's a professor at USC, and just a great person to show you the ropes. Unfortunately, I didn't last long there, because I got an opportunity to work at DreamWorks Television as an assistant to one of the television executives, Justin Falvey. Since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a big shot television producer, and I thought this was the way in. For a year, I worked for Justin, who was a great boss. He was so generous with his knowledge and really trusted me to help him. Unfortunately when you are an assistant at a big place like that, you don't have a lot of responsibility and you pretty much just answer phones, make lists, and other mundane stuff. I also was frustrated being in an office every day, and not so closely involved in the creative process and/or production. So, after about a year, I decided to join Miguel on his next movie The Good Girl, again as his assistant. Miguel was incredibly gracious in including me, and gave me full access to his process as well as being able to watch them shoot the movie. However, this was a much different experience then Chuck & Buck because it was a much larger budget movie and I couldn't contribute to the film as much, because of unions and what not. Also, after three years of assisting people, I think I had gotten to a point where I was ready to go and do my own thing. So, as soon as The Good Girl was over, I decided to move on and start directing on my own. I made a few of short films and low budget videos, and it all kind of took off from there.