Began making vacation films and neighborhood comedies in the fifth grade, after his grandfather gave him an 8mm camera
Won the Kodak Teenager Movie Award when he was only fourteen
Formed ZM Productions during his first year at USC, with a fellow student
Served as an executive producer on the critically acclaimed documentary "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" and the Emmy Award-winning "Images of Life: Photographs that Changed the World"
