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I got the word FEARLESS tattooed over my left tit.  I'll show it to you some time but let me tell you why it's there: 

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Once upon a time I was painfully shy, the kind of kid who hovered at the edges, but eventually, finally,  it clicked.  I know the exact moment it happened:  I wanted so much to be one of the actors in our school play but could only summon up the courage to be part of the props team - and when the play ended and everyone took a bow, I was too bloody shy to get on stage with all my pals to simply bow and just be there .  

 

It hit me then and there:  if I wanted the life I could see in my head I’d have to stop being a dumb-ass waiting to feel ready and just bloody do it.  And if I couldn't kick Fear to the curb well, I'd make that annoying sucker my best pal. 

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So I started doing the scary stuff on purpose.  My huge imagination and love of storytelling made no sense stuck in the wings so from then on if something seemed overwhelming and tough, I said yes.  If it terrified the shit out of me, I doubled down.

 

Fear landed me in film school learning every angle of my craft, terror took me to art school, to gaining a BA in Communications, to theatre and acting, to mastering cinematography and playing in bands and writing.  New countries, bigger rooms, louder ideas. Music videos, Commercials, Films.  Stages and sets, rehearsal rooms and edit suites —seeing everything I could from every angle, figuring out how to shape a space, guide a performance, turn a messy idea into something clear and smart and funny and sexy and alive.​

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What started as effort, dragging my ass kicking and screaming through everything it was terrified of doing slowly became instinct—and that instinct took me places I love to be in.  

 

As a result, I’ve worked with some of the most insanely gifted musical stars on the planet, with stellar actors, global brands as disparate as Barclays Bank and Aids Alliance (my spot for them was heralded as "The most controversial ad in the history of the UK") - and bold causes that weren’t afraid to push things a little.   Different worlds but always the same goal:  make it human, make it bold, make it shine.

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My bag of skills means I get to work across all platforms:  film, commercials, music videos, television, theatre, even radio - but despite my increasing focus on The Big Stuff I'm never letting go of my passion for short-form work whose fast pace keeps ideas sharp and right on the money while leaving an open door for the kind of experimentation where a happy accident might just turn into an award-winning breakthrough.

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The world is loud, weird, and within its continual crazy, full of incredible, exciting possibility.  ​And you know what? Eventually I realized being once-shy is a secret Superpower.   Starting out in the back seat for enough of a time that allows you to see things differently than everyone else:  that shit's pure Gold.  

 

The trick is then going one step further and making those things you see differently into pure magic for everyone else to appreciate.

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So what has this story got to do with you, you ask?  Hard-won Fearlessness means looking everything directly in the eye, not only seeing what's being asked for, but what gold is lying there, hidden in the shadows, and making it not only recognized, but absolutely seen, and amazing.  

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So come with me and enjoy the fun of making great things happen .

 

Yeah, I'm not shy anymore.  I got a tattoo over my left tit that reminds me that doing things you love being part of, if you dare, is the only place to be.