His recent film The Collective, written and directed with his wife Kelly Overton, has received awards and recognition at film festivals in 2008 and 2009, among which are Audience Award at the 2008 Brooklyn International Film Festival, both First runner-up Best HD Editing in a Feature and Honorable Mention for Best Cinematography in a Feature at the 2008 HDFest, the "Purple Heart" at the 2008 Zero Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 2008 Trimedia Film festival, and the Gold Kahuna Award at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival.