After producing and directing several short drama films for the Communications Office of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo (one of which, A Midnight Clear, won a Gabriel Award), they asked him to develop and direct a feature-length film for local television entitled Skeleton Key.
He was then approached by the Communications Office of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo to create and direct a feature-length film after he had already produced and directed several short drama films for them, including A Midnight Clear, which won an award, and which would eventually become Skeleton Key.