Talk to us about your journey through this business, through this art form and how you got here.

For sure.

So I am originally from St. Phil, Illinois, which is like a small suburban area near Chicago.

And I spent most of my very early years just kind of really interested in like film and TV.

I played Beauty and the Beast so much that my brothers tried to hide the DVD from me.

It was very, very serious.

And I used to direct everyone else around me.

yeah well and this is your debut film which is incredibly impressive because it's just it's an impressive debut What would you say you learned the most from, you know, going into the director's chair, A, and then B, what advice would you give to, you know, if there's a first time director listening to this episode right now, getting ready to dive into their first film?