fiction
Open Call (1995, 60 min., SVHS), co-directed with Clint Otteson. A group of Asian American and Caucasian students audition for a college play, resulting in turmoil. Screened at the 1995 Asian American Videoscape Festival and the 1997 Berkeley Video Festival.
Knish Of Death (1992, 23 min., 3/4"). Story of a lonely man befriended by a donut.
Like A Big Dog (1992, 8 min., 16mm b&w). Story of a man whose only friend, a dog, betrays him.
Severe Conditions (1990, 29 min., SVHS), co-directed with David Reid Iversen . An overworked man takes a weekend off to relax in the country and receives some unexpected visitors. Funded by a Pittsburgh Filmmakers Emerging Artists Grant. Screened at the First Annual Carnegie Mellon Film Festival.
Backward Glance (1989, 17 min., VHS). Story of an old man who has a chance to experience youth again.
Pittsburgh In Focus (1989, 15 min., VHS). Fake documentary about a killer squirrel epidemic in Pittsburgh.
Love, You Funny Thing (1990, 5 min., Super 8mm). A young man becomes disillusioned when his girlfriend dies.
How To Get A Job, The Visitor (1989, 5 min., 16mm b&w). Goofy short films.
The Housefly (1988, 5 min., VHS). Story of a young man tormented by a housefly.
Skulfuk (1987, 15 min., VHS), made with friends. "Fukumentary" of an eclectic band of four rebels.
Stern Family Videos (1987 - 1990, VHS). Cute short films starring members of my family. The Sternimator, William's Radical Dancing Space Adventure, The Odd Cousins, The Godfather, The Bonny Videos and more!
High School Videos (1984 - 1987, VHS). Huge assortment of videos for class presentations. David Literatureman, Mr. Roger's Petri Dish, Gene Wars, J.B., Weak Reviews, Higher Laws and more
Computer Animations and Games (1983 - 1985, Commodore 64). Lots of goofy short sprite-based computer animations and games. Bonny Attack, The Chase, The Man On the Moon, The Running Over of Rover, Weeds and more
nonfiction
Documentary about my grandparents (unfinished, SVHS). An ongoing series of interviews and recollections with my grandparents.
Computing Skills Workshop Series (1988 - 1991, VHS and SVHS), made with Jeff Levison. Series of goofy computer instruction videos for an undergraduate class at Carnegie Mellon. Intro to Distributed Computing, Intro to Unix, Intro to Messages, Macwrite II, Excel, Quattro, EZ, Emacs, Intro to Word Processing, Intro to Graphic Editing, Intro Telnet/ftp, and more.
Gardening By Choice (1992, CD-i CDROM). Short video sequences on gardening for Philips Interactive Media.
Eating Healthy On Your Diet (1991, 5 min., SVHS). A computer animated education video on nutrition for a diet study at MIT.
The Education Center (1991, 30 sec., 3/4"). Local television commercial for a video production class in Gainesville, Florida.