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I was going to go to a four-year college and be an anthropologist or to an art school and be an illustrator when a friend convinced me to learn photography at the University of Southern California. Little did I know it was a school that taught you how to make movies! It had never occurred to me that I'd ever have any interest in filmmaking.

When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

Film schools didn't exist when I was growing up. I learned by working with clever people. Good writers and cinematographers.

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.