Director's Statement 

The completion of this film marked the beginning of my tenure as a filmmaker. Reeling in the wake of my first brush with summer romance and searching, desperately, for something to soothe the horrors of being a high school junior, I wrote and directed “Tracks.” While directing, I learned—as an aspiring artist, as a budding student, and as a young man—that all of life is a story, and it deserves to be told with care. I kissed a girl, wrote the story, and turned that story into a movie, all in a wonderful attempt at framing my emotions. I tried to find the art in my experience; in doing so, I found my passion. This was the first film I felt proud to show: a piece that begins to capture the perspective and sentiments of teenage life. From there, I continued my search for the perfect lenses to reframe the familiar as significant, beautiful, and new. While my filmmaking (and life) journey has progressed a great deal since the completion of “Tracks,” I am still firmly proud to show it.