His debut feature film, The Northlander, was the first ever Telefilm Canada micro-budget selected for Perspective Canada program at the Cannes Film Festival, and premiered at the 40th Montreal World Film Festival in 2016.
The film received a wide theatrical release in Canada during fall 2016.
He is also the youngest film director in Canada to be accepted into the Telefilm micro-budget program, and from that is the only film director to ever to receive a theatrical release in Landmark Cinemas.