Prologue
Back to the Beginning
I was nine when curiosity carried me beyond the movie and into the special features of Back to the Future: a hidden world of sets, cameras, and stories from behind the screen. I watched everything I could find. Then I discovered the commentary.
The film began again. The clocks ticked. Marty stepped into Doc Brown’s garage. Two unfamiliar voices entered the picture.
It was Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis.
Scene by scene, they revealed the choices, accidents, and imagination behind a world I had always believed in. By the time the DeLorean disappeared into flashes of blue light, movies were no longer simply places I wanted to escape into.
They were places I wanted to create.
Act 1 | Origins
Where It All Began
I grew up on a ranch in the hills of Santa Cruz, where open land left plenty of room for imagination. When the days grew quiet, entertainment meant watching movies, drawing, experimenting, and eventually creating films of my own.
Santa Cruz, famously transformed into Santa Carla in The Lost Boys (1987), was home to a creative community that thrived on artistic expression. That home lead me to where I am today.
Selected Milestones
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Act 02 · Creativity With Purpose
Santa Cruz, California · 2012Archive Object · 02
Act 02 | Creativity With Purpose
Only in Santa Cruz
At sixteen, I turned a phrase familiar to generations of locals into Only in Santa Cruz, an apparel brand rooted in the place that raised me. I taught myself Photoshop, built its identity from the ground up, and learned how to carry an idea from the screen into the world.
Inspired by Grind Out Hunger, the brand became a way to support children facing hunger in my community. Our debut collection sold out in its first weekend, beginning a partnership that taught me creativity could do more than build a brand. It could serve a purpose.
From the Press Archive
“Only in Santa Cruz” T-Shirts Debut Thanks to 16-Year-Old Entrepreneur Wesley Hobbs
Act 03 · Debut Short Film
Fort Ord · Monterey County, California
Production Still · The Fallout
Act 03 | Debut Short Film
The Fallout
The Fallout was my first short film made with a full crew, a cast of actors, and a location capable of becoming its own world. We filmed among the abandoned military buildings of Fort Ord, transforming its empty streets and weathered structures into a post-apocalyptic landscape.
The production required careful scouting, coordination, and a tightly controlled schedule. Much of that historic setting has since disappeared, leaving the film as both a fictional story and an archive of a place that no longer exists in the same form.
From the Press Archive
Dystopian Film Inspires Former SJSU Student
Act 04 · Festival Appearances
Burbank International Film Festival · 2018Act 04 | Festival Appearances
Official Selection
A film is shaped through long nights, difficult choices, and the belief that one day it may find an audience. In 2018, The River Styx Motel was selected for the Burbank International Film Festival. For the first time, a story that had lived between script pages, sets, and editing timelines stepped beyond its creators and into a theater of its own.
Now Screening
The River Styx Motel
Festival Archive · 2018
Present Day · Creative Leadership
Where Story Became Strategy
Today, I lead creative and marketing work across businesses in Los Angeles, strengthening creative processes, expanding digital brand presence, and shaping client presentations that turn complex ideas into clear opportunities. That work has helped support more than $15 million in sales through stronger positioning, visual clarity, and storytelling.
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