- Came back to hometown of Wilmington, NC to make movies with stories that take place in Wilmington.
- All Time Favorite Show- M*A*S*H*.
- Studies with Cedric Winchell and Lou Criscuolo.
- Anne O'Shea of Minerva Productions is a dear friend. J.R. has directed and built sets for her Theatre Side of Minerva.
- J.R.'s directing debut was All In A Day's Work, a short film that J.R. wrote and shot with his friend and director of Photography, Nick Cocuzza.
- J.R. spent 35 years in a bottle. He is a recovering alcoholic. He stopped drinking on October 8th 2012 and hasn't looked back since.
- J.R. Has written 5 screen plays including the romantic comedy, Remember Yesterday and the hard hitting sexual assault film, Abraham's Conflict.
- J.R. is represented by JTA, Inc.
- J.R. has a Puerto Rican father and a French/Cherokee mother. He was born in Georgia but resides in his mother's hometown of Wilmington, NC.
- Broadway Actor Lawrence Hamilton was dear friends with J.R. having directed J.R. in Ragtime.
- J.R. is the author of a book of poetry called Things I See. It was inspired by his escape from being under the control of alcohol. "I spent a lifetime looking at things, but never really seeing them...Without the booze, I can see the beauty in things I never imagined before".
- J.R. was a student of the late Lou Criscuolo, founder of Opera House Theatre Company.
- 3 Time Thalian Association Award Winner
Best Supporting Actor- Big Daddy- Cat On A Hot Tin roof Best Supporting Actor- Stanley- Brighton Beach Memoirs Best Featured Actor- Richard Henry Lee- 1776. - 2 Time Winner of Wilmington Star News Theatre Awards...
Best Supporting Actor- Big Daddy- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Thalian Association) Best Supporting Actor- Orgon- Tartuffe (Big Dawg Productions). - J.R.'s, along with co-writer Erika Edwards', screenplay Prophets recently won the Medusa International Film Festival Screenwriting competition.
- J.R. is the writer/director of the Multi-Dimension Film Festival Winner, Remember Yesterday...
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