Farris is a recent graduate of George Mason University who majored in film and video studies with a concentration in editing and a minor in Graphic Design. His work spans multiple genres within the narrative and documentary landscape. Specifically, he has worked at WHUT television station in D.C where he spent his time editing promotional material for the channel. He edited a documentary segment for local D.C author Cheryl Head for their television program, Artico. While there, he also served as a videographer for Artico. He has also worked with Cornerstones, a charity organization located in Reston, Virginia, and edited a documentary segment for them about the work that they have done. He also served as the assistant editor for One Last Wish, a short film supported by the Royal Film Commission of Jordan about a woman in the West Bank who must visit her ailing grandmother in the hospital. While at George Mason he has worked on multiple student short films on and offset in various positions such as script supervisor and editor.
He has had a large passion for film that started in his early teenage years. What developed from that early stage was a hunger to tell unique stories that bring to light conflicts and circumstances that have rarely been made aware to the general audience. Specifically, he strives to tell stories exploring conflicts with the inner self and how that affects interpersonal relationships.This hunger seeps into every project that he works on and motivates him to always put work out into the world that will enlighten audiences through thoughtful consideration of film form but also entertain them through engaging storytelling.