Writer. Filmmaker. Photographer. Artist.

“Am I not myself, this objective flesh, this presence seated before you, a kind of word?”

Michael D. O’Brien

I dream the little worlds that remind us of our bigger ones.

The artist is the lightning rod for all that which is beautiful, good, and true. What makes them valuable is their perspective: they see their own life, their place in the world, as woven into the grander narrative of Beauty.

Francis Hovland is a Chicago-native and a graduate from New York University. He holds a BFA in Film & Television Production with minors in Art History and Dramatic Literature. He is a writer, videographer, and photographer.