I followed my mother, actress Linda Hendrickson, around the world at a young age filming her documentaries for academia. She developed Archaeology and Ethnology documentaries in such places as Ireland, South Africa, France, and many other parts of Europe and Mexico. I followed her shooting these documentaries in a small three person film crew that consisted of my mother, my younger brother, Chris, and me.
```My mother and father both met as actors in the film and television industry and I followed, acting at 2 years old as one of the "Oscar Mayer Wiener" kids. Growing up, I was trained in acting by Bobby Ball and was a part of the Bobby Ball Agency. It wasn't until I was at Arizona State University, majoring in Business and minoring in Spanish, that I decided that I was unhappy with this current course in education. I was teaching classes at the University at 19 years old for college credit. When I thought about it, I knew that making films with my family made me happy and I wanted that as a career.
I decided to take a summer course in Ensenada, Mexico to learn Spanish and take classes in ethnology and anthropology. I directed and edited a documentary there — my first personal project, finding a new passion.
I enrolled into film school in my hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. Later that summer, I interned on Michael Mann's Ali where I met the famed photographer of Muhammad Ali, Howard Bingham, who served as Executive Producer and became a great mentor to me. I became an Assistant Editor after graduating, working on feature films including The Kiss and Sueno, where I entered the Motion Editors Guild Union.
I completed my degree in Screenwriting at California State University, Northridge, graduating with honors. I immediately got work on the FX TV show Dirt starring Courteney Cox, then moved to the hit CBS/Warner Brothers series The Mentalist, transitioning to full editor. I was accepted and graduated from the prestigious Warner Brothers Directing Program, taught by Bethany Rooney.
I transitioned into VFX Editing on Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories for Apple TV+ and on Paramount's first 4K feature, Clifford the Big Red Dog. From there, I was hired by Disney and Marvel to help launch their Disney+ platform — launching with WandaVision followed by Hawkeye.
After that experience, I moved into development as a Creative Director — Head of the Originals Department at DixonCo., then Vice President of Development at Balanga in Paris, France, developing projects for US and international markets.
I've recently directed the feature film Blood in the Water (also known as Shark Warning), filmed in 6 days in Lake Havasu, Arizona, which took me to a panel at San Diego Comic Con.
I'm now in development on several feature films — The Spanish Garden and A Ray of Sunshine — and in production on a feature documentary, Life on Waves.
I could not have accomplished any of this without the invaluable support of my family, Bobby Ball and her family, and the numerous mentors in my schooling and professional life. I especially thank my mom, Lori Ball, Chris Cibelli, Howard Bingham, Simon Baker, Tom Verica, Eric Laneuville, and Chris Long.
