Producer and director of short films at Universal/Universal-International during the 1930s and 40s. He was managing editor of 23 of the "Universal Newsreels" in 1945. He produced and directed several of the "Universal Variety View" series (1942-43), and produced the "Stranger Than Fiction" (1934-42) and the "Going Places with Graham McNamee" (1939-40) series, as well as several WWII propaganda shorts.  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1945: YOUR NATIONAL GALLERY - Producer (w. Joseph O'Brien)  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1947: BROOKLYN, U.S.A. - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1947: FIGHT OF THE WILD STALLIONS - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1948: SNOW CAPERS - Producer 4 nominations