1967 | Made first short-film at age 17, "Better to Reign In Hell" |
1973 | While attending the Australian National Film School, made the 50-minute documentary, "Castor and Pollux" |
1975 | First feature credit, as assistant director, "The Golden Cage" |
1975 | First professional film, the 50-minute docu-drama "God Knows Why, But It Works" |
1976 | Credited as 2nd assistant director on the feature "Let the Balloon Go" |
1977 | Feature directorial debut, "Backroads"; also produced and wrote the screenplay |
1978 | Directed and co-wrote the commercial hit "Newsfront"; was the first Australian film to screen at the New York Film Festival |
1980 | Became the part-time manager of the Sydney Filmmaker's Co-operative |
1982 | Co-wrote and directed "Heatwave," starring Judy Davis |
1984 | Directed and co-wrote the ten-hour Australian mini-series "Cowra Breakout" |
1985 | American TV debut, directed episodes of the HBO series "The Curse" |
1989 | Directed first American feature, "Blind Fury" |
1989 | Major breakthrough as director, the sleeper hit, "Dead Calm" |
1992 | Directed first film based on the books by Tom Clancy, "Patriot Games"; the first film with Harrison Ford in the lead role |
1993 | Directed the voyeuristic thriller "Sliver," starring Sharon Stone |
1994 | Filmed second Tom Clancy film "Clear and Present Danger"; again collaborated with Ford who starred |
1997 | Directed an update of the pulp hero "The Saint," starring Val Kilmer |
1999 | Directed Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie in "The Bone Collector" |
2002 | Directed "Rabbit-Proof Fence," a true story of Australian Aboriginal girls set in the 1930s |
2002 | Helmed the film adaptation of Graham Greene's "The Quiet American," starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser |
2003 | Directed the pilot for Fox's "Tru Calling" |
2006 | Directed Tim Robbins and Derek Luke in "Catch a Fire," which is a true story set in the early 1980s in apartheid-era South Africa |
2006 | Directed episodes for Showtime's "Brotherhood" |
2010 | Directed the CIA thriller "Salt" with Angelina Jolie playing a CIA operative who is accused of being a Russian sleeper agent (filmed in 2009) |
