In 1997, while maintaining a full-time computer programming job, Upchurch enrolled in the City of Oaks School of the Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina where he completed a two year film directing course under Lon Bumgarner of The Film Artists' Studio Charlotte.
While maintaining a full-time computer programming job, Upchurch enrolled in the City of Oaks School of the Arts in Raleigh. This was in 1997. Raleigh was North Carolina where he completed a two year film. This two year film was directing course under Lon Bumgarner of The Film Artists' Studio Charlotte.