As Curator of the 1 Reel Film Festival (at Bumbershoot) for six years, I proudly oversaw the nation’s best-attended, annual celebration of short cinema. In that time I screened over 650 short films including name-making works by the likes of The Duplass Brothers, Jason Reitman and… David Russo. In fact, I suggested and shepherded the commission of one of David’s great shorts, I AM (NOT) VAN GOGH, now featured on New York Magazine’s website. Premiering the film at 1 Reel remains one of my proudest memories of my tenure at the festival. Enjoy.