I'm Trying To Keep Up

I'm An Independent Filmmaker With Complete Creative Control Of My Films. I Hire Who I Want. I Have Final Cut. But At The Same Time, I Go Directly To Hollywood For Financing And Distribution. I Find It's Best For Me To Work Within The Hollywood System.

Everybody Does What They Want To Do For Their Own Specific Reasons.

All Directors Are Storytellers, So The Motivation Was To Tell The Story I Wanted To Tell. That's What I Love.

Critics Like To Build You Up, Tear You Down, And Then, If You're Lucky, Build You Up Again.

I Always Give The Example, If You Turn On The Radio Today, Black Radio, Lenny Kravitz Is Not Black. Bob Marley Wasn't Black: In The Beginning, Only White College Stations Played Bob Marley.