CEO and Artistic Director, Dallas Film Society/DALLAS International Film Festival

Books I’m reading: Stealing Castro’s Daughter by first time author Lee Brooks, is an enthralling book. It is a true story of an American man’s quest to liberate the woman he loves from the clutches of Cuba. Full of unbelievable adventure and romance; even in the most desperate of times, humor prevails. You want to cry, but find yourself laughing out loud. It reminds me of how fortunate we are to be free. My wife Melina finished the book last month so she teases me with more information each night, sort of competitive reading. It will be a fun movie! The book is self distributed on http://www.facebook.com/l/dc244;Amazon.com. The New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by author Eckhart Tolle is sort of my mental yoga. When we returned from Greece this summer I committed that my next real project would be “me.” This book allows me to focus my thoughts and remember the power and calmness of fully living in the moment and making friends with now. I’m half way through the book and I look forward to picking it up and escaping the static that can block out the good that surrounds us, if we are only open to it.

Websites: facebook.com; TED.com; dallasfilm.org; nytimes.com; variety.com; pandora.com; asmallworld.net; kcrw.org; indiewire.com; attpac.org; snopes.com(it’s just fun); archive.org, (I’m hooked); twitter.com/dallasfilm; theonion.com

Magazines, newspapers, journals: Zoetrope -All Story, Vanity Fair, D Magazine, NY Times, Robb Report