I attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1985, where I studied Urban Planning with the intention of continuing onward towards a masters degree in Architecture. My first job as a freshman, however, was selling popcorn at the Student Movie Theatre. I developed a passion for cinema at the time, and the following year I became the Director of the Student Union Movie Theatre, including a full-fledged film projectionist, a now defunct profession and art. The Salt Lake City community supported a handful of radical art-house cinemas such as The Blue Mouse, Cinema in Your Face and Tower Theatre, and was a spoke in the wheel of the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. I became heavily involved in all, which offered experiences and memories to last a lifetime. Taking on the position of film critic for the University of Utah’s Daily Chronicle in my final year of college allowed me to develop critical and entertaining writing skills. I eventually developed enough published work to create a profile as a writer, which led to gigs with SLUG (Salt Lake Underground) and the Tower Prevue, a newsprint publication supporting the local art-house cinema’s schedule and video-rental library. While I relish film-based journalism that is intellectual and dense, my own style tended more towards entertaining and “easy to read,” a bit tongue in cheek at most times. My early writing has proven to be invaluable throughout my career, particularly for Plus Gallery and Denver Digerati newsletters, press releases and other public communications.
Click on the headers below for the complete archive of each section. I am currently in the process of translating the original print scans of my published articles to text through Apple Mac technology, a remarkable advance that will now allow for easier reading, and reflection.
