
I do other stuff. The stuff I do just for love. I love making documentary films, I love making people take notice of things they would ordinarily not see, I love interesting art, provocative writing, the bizarre slivers of life wrapped in the mundane. I love thinkers who challenge convention. I love a pregnant pause. I love the satisfied look on someone's face when they get the idea. I love doing lots of stuff, not just advertising.
Miracle Ball is a documentary film based on the amazing search for the missing baseball from the famous "shot heard around the world." The narrative is filled with twists and turns which leads to a mind-boggling ending and finally the answer to one of sports memorabilia's most asked question. What happened to the ball Bobby Thompson hit over the wall to win the series for the Giants that broke the hearts of Brooklyn? My brother Brian directed the film and I helped tell the story and find answers as writer and producer. It was an amazing journey that also is told in a best selling book published by Random House and written by Brian. The first award the film won was first place at the Long Island International film Festival.
This film is still in production. It is a story about the only race car that won at Nascar that was built by inmates incarcerated in jail. The Highwallers Racing team built race cars as a form of rehabilitation therapy while behind bars, leading to an incredible fact: only 5% of the members of the team returned to jail after release when the average rate of return for inmates is 65%. This story documents the Highwalllers as they await the last member's release from prison to build a race car again and race in at a major speedway.