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His lifetime body of work has developed over a period of four decades, using m oving images principally. He has made 2 feature length films, and scores of short films. He has also worked as an expatriate television cameraman, living in the USSR, El Salvador, Honduras, South Korea, Philippines, and Thailand. After 10 years, he returned to the United States and attended New York University, receiving a certificate in narrative filmmaking. He has been addicted to drugs and alcohol for much of his life. He got sober in 2000.









