| Adapted "Almost a Man" from a story by Richard Wright, produced off-Broadway |
| Helmed commercials and music videos for Harry Connick Jr, Barry White, Luther Vandross and Bob Dylan, among others |
| Left his Harvey, Illinois neighborhood at the age of 14 to attend exclusive all-white private Catholic school in Indiana |
| Studied with Stephen Sondheim and Charles Strouse at NYC's ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop during his 20s |
| Worked as a self-described "token to be shown off at meetings" in the world of New York advertising |
1991 | Served as segment director on "MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody" (Comedy Central) |
1992 | Hired as director for first primetime series, the short-lived "Angel Street" (CBS); first collaboration with producer John Wells |
1995 | Directed episodes of "Diagnosis Murder" (CBS) and the short-lived "Extreme" (ABC) |
1996 | Began directing episodes of "NYPD Blue" (ABC), produced by Stephen Bochco |
1996 | Directed HBO movie "The Cherokee Kid"; also played the bit role of Cowboy No 1 |
1996 | Feature directing debut, "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood," the parody of black films starring the Wayans family |
1996 | Helmed "Reunion" segment of HBO's "America's Dream" |
1996 | Helmed episodes of the Wells-produced "ER" (NBC) |
1997 | Helmed episodes of the Bochco-produced "Brooklyn South" |
1997 | Promoted to producer of "NYPD Blue" (ABC) |
1998 | Assumed role of supervising producer for "NYPD Blue" |
2000 | Co-excutive produced (with Bochco) and directed episodes of the CBS drama series "City of Angels"; left series during hiatus citing "creative differences" with Bochco |
2000 | Directed episodes of the NBC political drama, "The West Wing" |
2001 | In January, signed development deal with John Wells Productions |
2002 | Helmed the TNT movie, "The Big Time." |
2003 | Helmed episodes of the gritty drama, "The Shield" (TNT) |
2003 | Produced and directed episodes of "Cold Case" (CBS) |
2005 | Earned a DGA nomination for directing an episode of "House" (Fox) titled Three Stories |
2007 | Co-executive produced (and directed 12 episodes) HBO's drama series, "In Treatment" |
2007 | Helmed episodes of the FX series, "Dirt" created by and starring Courteney Cox |
2009 | Directed episodes of Fox's "Glee"; earned an Emmy (2010) nomination for Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series |
