| Directed documentary about Amherst while in college aired on PBS |
| Directed first music video, Billy Joel's "Big Shot" |
| Directed industrial films for AT&T and Pepsi-Cola |
| Directed, shot and edited first short in 16mm while still in high school, "Casablanca" |
| Director for Wynn Handman Acting Studio, adjunct of American Place Theatre; director off-Broadway |
| TV debut with shorts for NBC's "Saturday Night Live" |
| Worked as assistant editor to Francis Ford Coppola |
1984 | Directed episodes of TV series, "Tales From the Dark Side" |
1985 | Directed first PBS fiction film, "Hellfire" |
1990 | Directed first feature, "Signs of Life" |