Began his career in the editorial department of RKO Pathe working in animation.
In the 1960s, he launched CineMetric, a production & post-production services company, where he created commercial campaigns for Madison Avenue ad agencies and edited documentaries, government/corporate films, TV shows and movie trailers.
His father was a film projectionist and sound engineer.
Produced and directed commercials for Coppertone, Pepsi, Pan Am and Clairol.
At his post-production company CineMetric he trained future Academy Award-nominated editors Craig McKay (The Silence of the Lambs), Barry Malkin (The Godfather: Part II) and Richard Marks (Apocalypse Now).