a little bit about me.
As long as I can remember I’ve had a camera or a guitar in my hand. I was raised as a Catholic missionary, the youngest of seven children, and music was a part of our daily life. This also allowed me to visit and live in many other places and cultures. To meet people from all walks of life, and truly appreciate the world that we live and breathe in, and all the incredible people here.
Through a series of many teachers, mentors, cameras, instruments and inspiring artists in my life I have spent my career and adult life making films, music, commercials, paintings, photographs, and whatever else my artistic impulses push me to do.
I consider myself an artist and collaborator first, I feel telling other people’s stories in film, music, photography, and beyond is a wonderful privilege for which I am tremendously grateful.
To many I’m JP the DP, a Cinematographer based in Louisiana, and to lots of others I’m a Director.
I’ve held more than 20 jobs on a film set, and many more in other areas of my life, and I’m proud of that. I think having a wide and deep experience of work and life makes me a better collaborator and a better filmmaker.
I believe my work speaks for itself, as much as I love telling stories with a camera as work, I love capturing my life in still images, rarely for money, always for love.
