During the summers in between his undergraduate years, he worked as a both an Operations Coordinator and Manager for AMC Entertainment. Working in the heart of downtown Chicago gave him unusual access to meet film directors such as Todd Haynes, Tony Gilroy, Philippe Barcinski, Paul Oremland & Steven Sawalich and actors such as John C. Reilly, Jerry Seinfeld, Christian Bale, Michael Cera, & Jonah Hill.