Born in Houston Texas, his mother Pamela Henderson later moved the family to Sai Anantam Ashram, in California, under the spiritual guidance of Guru Swami Turiyasangitananda aka Alice Coltrane, the late jazz legend John Coltrane's wife. Located in the Santa Monica mountains near Agoura Hills, Life felt isolated growing up on the ashram and gravitated toward films as an escape.

Upon graduating from Highschool he landed a job at Propaganda Films. Passionate about filmmaking, Life insisted on learning every aspect of the process thus putting in time in every department while in training at this prestigious and revolutionary production company. He worked under A-list directors such as, Antoine Fuqua, David Fincher and Michael Bay just to name a few. Life fondly refers to those days at Propaganda as his film education.

Garland felt that learining how to edit was essential in the pursuit of becoming a legitimate filmmaker. In what seemed like no time at all, he earned a reputation as a first rate Editor, gaining the trust of some of the most influential names in the business. Ultimately, he won Best-Editing for DMX's "Who We Be", directed by Joseph Kahn. This transitioned him to director which garnered him awards and nominations for some of the biggest music videos in pop culture like, Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz "Get Low", Lil Wayne, "Go Dj" and Chamillionaire, "Ridin Dirty". Life went on to direct 3 short films, Fall From Grace, a cautionary tale and winner of the Red Cinema Short Challenge, Sunset Dreams, a fast paced dramedy and Linked, a thriller that caught the eye of super producer and owner of Radar Pictures, Ted Field. Most recently, Life finished writing Zion, a feature film based on his true life story seen through the lens of his twelve year old self.