Left his job at the bank in 1996, after almost ten years of employment, to dedicate
himself to pursuing a long held desire for a career in film and
television.
At the time of his leaving the bank, he was already halfway through a
film and television course at North Sydney T.A.F.E., eventually
choosing the editing strand as his specialty for the second and third
years of study. Graduated with highest marks of his year.
His first job in the industry was at the end of 1996 as a location scout on
the ABC drama 'Fallen Angels'. At the beginning of the new year in
1997, he was offered a job as a runner on a Korean feature being shot
around Sydney called 'Wanted'. The salary earned went to pay for AVID
tutorials where his paths crossed with Jason Ballantine, who was his
instructor on the AVID Assistant course.
In 1998, he was offered the second assistant job on 'Babe: Pig in the
City' by Jason. It was night shift, processing the day's rushes for
cutting the following day. At the time, he was night packing at
Woolworths. He immediately dropped the grocery job for the
opportunity to break into the world of post production.