Career Journey
A Life in Design
Chicago — Early Career
Photography Studio
Formative years in a Chicago photography studio developing a deep understanding of light, composition, and visual storytelling — the foundation for everything that followed.
Los Angeles — Film Industry
Hollywood Lighting Crew
Moved to Los Angeles at 21 and joined the film industry, working on lighting for feature films and music videos. Credits include films directed by Wes Craven and Stephen Frears, and productions featuring The Judds, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Jonathan Pryce. This experience refined Fred's mastery of light and his eye for atmosphere and spatial drama.
Los Angeles — 30 Years
From Lighting Design to Custom Homes
Founded his own interior and landscape lighting design business serving Hollywood's most discerning clients. Work expanded naturally into construction — full home remodels, additions, and custom builds from start to finish.
Custom Spanish Colonial — Los Angeles, CA
Arched windows, custom ironwork, period details throughout
Philadelphia — Present
Restoration & Custom Building in the Delaware Valley
Relocated to Wyndmoor, PA (19095) in 2022. Now applying 30 years of West Coast craftsmanship to Philadelphia's rich architectural heritage — restoring historic homes, creating custom built-ins, and bringing the same attention to light, form, and function to the character homes of Chestnut Hill, Wyndmoor, and Montgomery County.