Ian is a multi-talented filmmaker with over a decade of experience as a cinematographer, editor and sound designer. Ian has worked on feature documentaries, short films, music videos, and corporate videos.
Ian is currently a faculty member at The Florida State University College of Motion Picture and Recording Arts. Ian has been teaching documentary filmmaking for the last 16 years and his students' films have gone on to win student-Emmys, student Oscars, and have screened at many prestigious film festivals around the world including The Cannes Film Festival. Ian is passionate about teaching and working with creative people to help take their visions to the next level.
Ian also has a passion for traveling to different biodiverse landscapes around the world and filming nature and making films that help support conservation efforts and also celebrate the splendor of the natural world.
Ian continues to work on his passion projects, all to the beat of his very own drum, often producing original soundtrack music for his films.
My short film "Tigers of the Sky" won the Florida Filmmaker award at The Tallahassee Film Festival in 2024.
My short film "Disappearing Waters - Lake Okeeheebee - Lake Jackson" was selected and screened at multiple film festivals in 2023-2024.
I developed a series of videos for NOAA to be played on their Science on the Sphere.
2021-2022
My short film "Make America Again" was selected and screened at multiple film festivals in 2020-2021.
I was post sound recordist and provided footage for "Invisible History: Middle Florida’s Hidden Roots", a feature length documentary that played nationally on PBS in 2021.
I was cinematographer for "Daring Women Doctors: Physicians in the 19th Century", a feature length documentary that played nationally on PBS in 2020.
My nature music video "A Light Skip into Flight" was selected and screened at multiple film festivals in 2015.
I was cinematographer and editor on "Bus Ride Zero", which award for outstanding Public Service Announcement at BEA 2015.
I wrote, directed and edited "Imagine Green", which won best Public Service Announcement at BEA 2010.
I was cinematographer and editor on "Abe", which won a student Emmy in 2007.
