Art grew up in Pasadena, Maryland, and began to exhibit an interest in storytelling at an early age. From writing short stories and drawing comics in school, to programming story-driven games in QBasic, he was always fascinated with stories and entertaining people. As Art entered middle school, he took the family VHS camera and began making stop-motion films with his toys and short films with his neighborhood friends playing the roles. It was not until he was cast in a high school production of ...