American writer and filmmaker.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I use Servas and Workaway for travelling and finally decided to try Couchsurfing as well. I enjoy meeting people as I travel - I consider it vital to my work and education.

You can see my verified Workaway profile (with feedback) here: https://www.workaway.info/workawayerprofile.html?w=LeBeauMonde

Interests

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• performing arts
• photography
• chocolate
• yoga
• podcasts
• jazz
• hiking
• art history
• etymology
• history
• cinema
• linguistics
• film photography
• liberty
• culinary
• cognitive science
• analog photography
• shakespeare
• philology
• independent cinema
• world food
• world cinema
• theology
• creative writing
• libertarianism
• mountain hiking
• polaroid
• political philosophy
• classic cinema
• film theory
• artisan foods

Music, Movies, and Books

Music -
*Genres: Jazz, Bluegrass, Blues, "Classical", "Indie", Folk, Celtic, and on.
*Artists: Elbow, The National Nick Cave, Beirut, Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, Johann Strauss, Lianne La Havas,.

Books -
Wide range from Bill Bryson to Oliver Sacks, Jane Austen to JK Rowling, Charles Dickens to CS Lewis.

Movie -
*Some directors include Howard Hawks, Asghar Farhadi, Woody Allen, Christopher Nolan, John Ford, and Powell & Pressburger.
*Some titles include Wings of Desire, Groundhog Day, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Shadowlands, Whiplash, Only Angels Have Wings, Paterson, The Princess Bride, Hannah & Her Sisters, Casablanca, Inception, The Browning Version, Toy Story, etc., etc., etc.

Podcasts -
Futility Closet, No Such Thing as a Fish, Free Thoughts, Tom Woods, Intelligence Squared, Judge John Hodgman, Stuff You Should Know, Off Camer, Radiolab

Teach, Learn, Share

I have taught film theory/history, film acting, and accents & dialects.

Studied a fair amount of political philosophy, theology, and history.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ideas

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Ghana, Greece, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Benin, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Togo, United States