Puppet shows and costumemaking as a young boy Began making Claymation films at age ten with his mothers super8mm camera Moved up to making larger format strange films with his fathers Bolex 16mm camera Attended NYU Tisch Shool of the Arts making more odd 16mm films Into adulthood with limited means produced several short films four features and a featurelength documentary all of which have found distribution despite their lack of bigname stars and apparent noncommercial appeal