Nobody in this frame was told where to stand.
THIRTY YEARS, MEASURED IN FRAMES.
New York at eighteen, twenty-three years learning how television gets made — MTV to Microsoft, promos to global launches — then home to Sydney to build a studio and point cameras at people who go all in.
New York at eighteen
Landed in New York at eighteen. A year of acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute — learning what a director asks of a performer by being the one asked — then film school at Hunter College, CUNY. Both sides of the camera, in that order, on purpose.
Promos, PSAs and a new kind of show
Hired into MTV New York. First job out of the gate: an anti-smoking PSA with Christy Turlington.
Then three years on MTV Sports — a ground-breaking multi-format show that mixed film, tape, graphics and found footage into something television hadn't quite seen before. The place I learned that speed and craft aren't opposites.
On the road with Dennis Rodman
A year on the Rodman World Tour — travelling with and shooting one of the most unpredictable athletes on the planet at the absolute height of his fame. There is no run-and-gun education like a subject who will not do a second take, ever.
Producer · editor · the World Series
Two years as a producer/editor at Nickelodeon. Shot the 1999 World Series — and was standing on the field at Yankee Stadium when the Yankees won it. Some frames you keep forever.
My own shop, ten years
Started my production company, Films On Fire, and spent a decade producing, directing and editing for VH1, Nickelodeon, MTV, Bravo and NBC. Every job a different room, a different subject, a different problem — the years that made me a generalist on purpose.
Commercials — Gillette and Dell
Joined Hub+/BBDO to make commercials for Gillette (P&G) and Dell. Advertising discipline on top of broadcast speed: the brief, the board, the client room, and the thirty seconds that has to earn every frame.
Head of Broadcast
Hired by Hogarth Worldwide as Head of Broadcast. Heavy on the Microsoft account — launch work for Surface, Office 365, Windows Phone and much more. Big machines, global deliveries, and the job of keeping the craft visible inside all of it.
Loom Creative · JKnight Vision
Moved home to Australia in 2014 and started Loom Creative Studios — built a studio with clients like Condé Nast and Stockland, and worked with athletes like Matty Johns and Brett Lee to produce world-class content.
And now JKnight Vision: the personal work, under its own name. Documentary, reportage and live — artists, athletes, activists and adventurers.
