2012 | Co-wrote Bond film "Skyfall" |
2012 | Wrote the feature adaptation of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus," directed by Ralph Fiennes |
2011 | Wrote the screenplay for the Martin Scorsese directed "Hugo," based on Brian Selznick's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
2010 | Wrote the Broadway play "Red" about 20th-century abstract impressionist painter Mark Rothko; earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Play |
2007 | Scripted the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp |
2004 | Scripted the Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator," directed by Martin Scorsese; earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay |
2003 | Contributed to the story for the epic drama "The Last Samurai," which was directed and produced by Edward Zwick |
2002 | Wrote the screenplay for "Star Trek: Nemesis," the tenth feature film in the "Star Trek" franchise |
2002 | Scripted the DreamWorks adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" |
2000 | Co-wrote screenplay for Ridley Scott's blockbuster "Gladiator"; shared an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay |
1999 | Received writing credit for the football drama "Any Given Sunday"; directed by Oliver Stone and starred Al Pacino and Cameron Diaz |
1999 | Scripted the Emmy-nominated HBO drama "RKO 281," about the making of Orson Welles' 1941 classic "Citizen Kane" |
1999 | Executive produced and wrote the horror flick "Bats" |
1996 | Wrote the screenplay for the Fox TV movie "Tornado!" |
1996 | Sold first spec script, a football-themed drama called "Any Given Sunday" to Turner Pictures |
1995 | Revived his play "Never the Sinner" at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater; play was produced off-Broadway in 1997 |
1992 | Directed a New York staging of "Hauptman" at Cherry Lane Theatre |
| Penned the stage plays "Hauptmann," about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and "Riverview," a musical melodrama set at Chicago's famed amusement park |
1985 | First play "Never the Sinner" was based on the likes of Illinois villains Leopold and Loeb |
| Worked as a playwright in Chicago for 10 years after college |
