Using wind-up Bolex as kid, he made his own black & white Dr. Pepper
commercials and sent them in to Young and Rubicam.
One of his first jobs was to sleep underneath the grip truck at night
to guard the equipment set up on location.
His sister Julie designed most of the modern Starbucks coffee bags and
her hand drawn designs for 7up cans and Frappuccino bottles are still
in production today.