Born in Staten Island, New York. He started working on student films. (College of Staten Island, S.I.C.C.). Inspired by friends like, Buddy Giovinazzo (Combat Shock, etc.), Joe Spinell (Maniac, Mr. Robbie, GodFather, Rocky etc). He moved on to Independent Films. His first was The Oracle 1985 Reeltime Production. Also creating Special Effects and Props for production companies like BroadCast Arts (Pee Wee's Play House, Etc). And New Yorks own Troma. He moved to Hollywood, California in 1988 and created Special Makeup Effects for various Films, Videos and TV. (Special Effects Supervisor for Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1st season & Babylon 5 the 4th season) And many others.