“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing”
-The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
If there were one phrase I would use to describe myself, it would be divinely discontent. I used to think that discontentment, unsettlement, and longing were all negative things—that is until I read Kenneth Grahame’s serene The Wind in the Willows. It is essentially a story about yearning, adventure, and the want to go beyond the familiar and into the unknown—where both difficult and wonderful things are happening.
That is the quintessence of why I chose to pursue higher education. I’ve always wanted skills as an artist — but for that, I feel like I must be tested, put through refinement, and the environment I spend the next few years of my life will be an important factor in that endeavor.
It may sound like flimflam, but I feel like I have a real, genuine desire for learning, where I can learn to be a better filmmaker, writer, student, and teacher.
**I completed my M.F.A. in screenwriting on May 20, 2022, at Dodge Film College, Chapman University, Orange, CA.
Courses completed for M.F.A. Screenwriting, Dodge School of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University, 2022
SW 517 Writing for Evolving Platforms
SW 527 Screenwriting Intensive
SW 557 Film Script Analysis
SW 627 Feature Screenwriting I
FP 531 Production Workshop I
SW 647 Feature Screenwriting II
SW 649 Research for Screenwriters
FTV 529 Experimental Course: Inspiring Dialogue
SW 587 Summer Script Workshop
SW 556 Television Series Analysis
SW 631 Seminar in TV Writing I
SW 698 Thesis in Screenwriting I
FTV 529 Experimental Course: Walt Disney Company
FTV 529 Experimental Course: James Bond Films
FTP 562 Dev Process of Film and TV
SW 632 Seminar in TV Writing II
SW 698 Thesis in Screenwriting II
Courses completed for B.A. Film and Media Arts Major, The University of Utah, 2020
FILM 3420 Sound for Film
FILM 3600 Storyboarding
ENGL 2235 Fantasy
FILM 1100 Film Festival Wkshp
FILM 4820 Screenwriting I
ENGL 2090 Videogames Storytelling
FILM 1010 Intro to Study of F&MA
FILM 3120 Film History from 1952
FILM 3500 Film Production I
FILM 4830 Screenwriting II
FILM 4210 Film Genres Shakespeare on Film
FILM 4590 Directing Ind Film
SP ED 2010 Human Exceptionality, Diversity
ENGL 5090 Lit. and Video Games
FILM 1010 Intro to Study of F&MA
FILM 1600 Animation: Then, Now, Next
FILM 3100 Intro to Doc Studies
FILM 3110 Film History until 1952
FILM 3270 Foreign Eye Spanish Cinema
FILM 4210 Film Genres Science Fiction
HIST 1700 American Civilization
ENGL 5210 Film Genres
HINDI 4630 Bollywood: Indian Films
ITAL 3700 Italian Cinema
JAPAN 4580 Japan/Korea Pop Culture
