In 1993 he was an assistant photographer for the
San Francisco Giants, and became the house photographer for The Fillmore and
The Warfield venues as a staff shooter for
Bill Graham Presents. His location portraits of comedians have spawned ongoing exhibitions at
Gotham Comedy Club, The
Punch Line San Francisco, the
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Hollywood, as well as an annual show at the Montreal
Just For Laughs Festival. In 2004, as a producer, he brought comedy back to
The Purple Onion and later produced a stand-up comedy web series there for
Crackle, a division of
Sony Entertainment. In 2012 he produced the final show at the Purple Onion, when the entire building was sold to a restaurant concern. From there he became a comedy producer for
Audible.com, bringing such talents as
Lewis Black,
Jonathan Katz, and
Maria Bamford to the platform and producing live shows for the
SF SketchFest. In 2019 he moved to
Nashville, TN to become Head of
A&R at
800 Pound Gorilla Records, the country's biggest comedy record label. In 2022 he opened an art gallery and photo studio next door to
Third Man Records in Nashville. In 2024 he left 800 Pound Gorilla and founded comedy record label Goat Song Records. == Author ==