Australian-Mexican screenwriter and director. Born in Australia in 1971. At the age of 23 he moved to Mexico on an impromptu trip. After a few weeks in the country, he ran out of money and began teaching English classes. He later accepted a job with The News newspaper. He enrolled in a diploma program at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) of the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, and enrolled in the "Vicente Leñero" permanent workshop to develop his interests as a film scriptwriter.

He worked at the newspaper El Economista, where he began writing in Spanish to continue financing his studies.