I chart my own course in most things. Serial entrepreneur. Got it honestly from my dad.

I also love the whole process of movie making. I'm a moderately good screenwriter and editor, but my love is directing. Managing a cast and crew, finding ways to get better performances from actors, getting locations to work for the shot. These are great fun.

So of course, I adore SIFF. Seattle International Film Festival, but you knew that already, right?

I am thoughtful, friendly, and curious.

I work from home with my own software business. Basically, my job is I come up with new ideas for software, build it, then my business partner sells/licenses it to other large businesses. It lets me work from home/coffee shops, and I love the independence.

I'm married, in an open/poly marriage. My wife and I communicate very well, and give each other the freedom to date others. It works well for us.

Cooking. My specialties are chicken curry, cheese fondue, tarte tatin, thai meatballs. And I can improv something out of bare cupboards.

Film directing, skiing, sailing, scuba diving, chess, strategy games.

I'm easy to chat with, smart, well mannered.

I have a slight southern accent from my upbringing in Georgia.

I'm confident, but not cocky.

Books:
Greek classics, The Stand, WWII history, The Singularity Is Near, Rebel Without a Crew, Roald Dahl stories, The Lexus and the Olive Tree (Anything by Thomas Friedman really), Douglas Adams, Dune, Being There

Movies:
Spanish Prisoner, Brazil, The Limey, spaghetti westerns, Heat, The Big Lebowski, Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Burn After Reading, Gattaca, Frantic, The Man Who Would Be King, House of Games, Lovejoy, Hudsucker Proxy, Amelie

Music:
Steely Dan, Zero 7, Miles Davis, Suzanne Vega, Shriekback, Cocteau Twins, Janis Ian, Kate Bush, Keb Mo, The Kinks, Randy Newman, Rush, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Taj Mahal, Pink Martini, Sasha Lazard

Food:
A great ribeye with bearnaise, curry, sushi, crab legs. In Seattle, I love Tango, El Camino, Monsoon, Canlis, El Gaucho, Kingfish Cafe.

Hot showers, red wine, good companionship, my friends, great food, banter.

Current issues in the world. I appreciate and am comfortable with complexity and ambiguity. Two traits that define our world's recent past, yet seem intolerable for many people.

Having dinner with friends, or at home reading/catching up on sci-fi tv.

I'll get back to you.

You're sharp, sarcastic and a great communicator.