Alan was born, raised, and educated in Little Rock, Arkansas. By trade he was a Construction Engineer. He is now retired and devotes much more time writing and film making. Alan became interested in film and acting many years ago. He made his acting debut in a made for television movie, “North and South Book II” in 1985. Since then he has appeared in over 30 films, television, and staged productions. During his 33-year acting career, Alan has worked with Eric Laneuville and Kimberly Hardin among other talented Directors.

In 2005 Alan had his first book published, "The Ghosts of Little Rock", concerning legends and lore of Arkansas. Since then he has written three more books; "Supernatural Arkansas", "Sweet Screams" and  "Abigail Lost.". By 2015 his creative efforts moved to writing and directing films for TV. His well-established fan base will remember such short films as “Baby Girl” a short horror / thriller, filmed in 2015 and “SEEKERS” a feature documentary filmed in 2017. His next film was “The Trial of David Owen Dodd,” a docudrama, that was released in 2018. His latest film is a full-length version of “Baby Girl.” It is an action / thriller that is currently in post-production and scheduled to be released soon.  

In the interim Alan has been involved with other production companies to help create such greats as “The Devil Comes Dressed on Sunday Too” as Assistant Director, “Thandi’s Love” as Assistant Director, “Inferno California” as Director and “Streaming Sarah” as Director. These four movies are a product of Planet Muzick Studio out of Birmingham, Alabama. The latest short film comes from Lucid Lake Pictures out of Alma, Arkansas. It is called “ALONE” in which Alan worked as Assistant Director.  Alan is currently developing a series of short films under the name of "Portals in Time." The antics of a group of misfit ghost hunters called Spirits of the South or SOTS will be showcased in this series.

In October Alan will be in Louisa, Kentucky to work as 2nd Assistant Director on a Jason Pitts film called Voorhees, Night of the Beast.