Wearing my journalist cap, I serve as Asian Pacific Bureau Chief of US based Film Journal International and was former editor of Monsters and Critics.com. Formerly I was Thailand correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter and Southeast Asian correspondent for Variety.

I have also served as consultant to many international film festivals, most recently serving as director of the inaugural Phuket Film Festival in Phuket Thailand, October 2007.

I was presented the “Friends of Thailand” Award by the Thai Government in 2002 for contributions to the Kingdom through journalistic endeavors while having received from His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, that same year the royal titles Commandeur de l’ordre Royal du Sahametrei and Commandeur de l’ordre Royal du Cambodge.

As a hobby, I raise rare breed, pedigree Thai Ridgeback Dogs and “hang-out” with Thai Elephants in northern Thailand as they paint. Their paintings can be found at www.elephant-paintings.com