2012 | Returned to directing features with "Men in Black III"; re-teamed with stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones; also made cameo in film |
2007 | Produced (also directed) the ABC series "Pushing Daisies" |
2006 | Directed Robin Williams in the comedy "RV" |
2002 | Helmed "Men in Black II," the sequel to the 1997 hit; again made cameo in film |
2001 | Served as executive producer and occasional director of the Fox midseason replacement series "The Tick" |
2000 | In July, terminated film producing partnership with Barry Josephson; TV deal unaffected |
2000 | Co-executive produced "Secret Agent Man" (UPN) |
1999 | Walked away uninjured when the Gulfstream II jet on which he was the lone passenger crash-landed at Van Nuys, CA airport |
1999 | Directed the feature version of the 1960s TV series "Wild Wild West," starring Will Smith; made came as an alien |
1998 | Executive produced the ABC series remake "Fantasy Island" |
1998 | Executive produced (also directed pilot) "Maximum Bob" (ABC), based on a novel by Leonard |
1998 | Executive produced Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight; scripted by Frank and based on a novel by Elmore Leonard |
1997 | Helmed the summer blockbuster "Men in Black," starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones |
1995 | Directed the comedy "Get Shorty"; script by Scott Frank and based on a novel by Elmore Leonard; also played small role as Doorman |
1995 | Signed two-year deal with Walt Disney Company; formed own eponymous production company |
1994 | Helmed sequel "Addams Family Values" |
1993 | Feature producing debut (as co-producer), "For Love or Money"; also directed |
1991 | Directorial debut, "The Addams Family" |
1990 | Second time as director of photography for Reiner, "Misery" |
1990 | Last project to date with the Coens, "Miller's Crossing" |
1988 | First film with director Rob Reiner, "When Harry Met Sally..." |
1987 | Reteamed with the Coens as cinematographer of "Raising Arizona" |
1986 | First TV-movie as cinematographer, "Welcome Home, Bobby" (CBS) |
1986 | Provided "additional projection camera" for Laurie Anderson's experimental concert film "Home of the Brave" |
1985 | Shot first TV miniseries "Doubletake" (CBS) |
1984 | First TV credit as director of photography, the "ABC Afterschool Special" titled "Out of Step" |
1984 | First feature as director of photography, Joel Coen's "Blood Simple"; first of a series of collaborations with the Coen brothers; also shot the trailer that enabled the Coens to raise money for the project |
1982 | Worked as cinematographer for the documentary "In Our Water," about water pollution in New Jersey (shown on PBS' "Frontline") |
| Shot corporate films and documentaries |
| Claims to have served as cinematographer on at least nine pornographic films shot over a 22-day period |
| After graduating from Hampshire College, worked in photo lab in New York |
| Grew up in NYC's Washington Heights |
