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Films often contain a dream sequence central to the plot

Films that often feature a lead character struggling with a career crisis, often with surreal & humorous circumstances

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Earned a masters in filmmaking at New York University, 1976.

After filming Johnny Suede, he quickly got the greenlight for his follow up feature which eventually became Box of Moonlight. After years of obstacles and other issues pre-production wise, he wrote a short story from his frustration which eventually turned into his second film, Living in Oblivion.

Published books of both his screenplays, Box of Moonlight and Living in Oblivion. Both books detail personal thoughts, frustrations and reflection on both the writing and filming process of both screenplays.

Received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia

As of August 2007, he has directed 6 feature films, all of which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.

Wife is a landscape gardener.

Personal Quotes

Have you ever noticed that the entertainment business is the only one where there has never been somebody picking up a machine gun and going berserk? A guy in a post office in Cincinnati will bring an AK-47 into his place of business because somebody used his coffee cup. Nothing like that has ever happened in the film business and never will. Never will. You know why? The stakes are too high. It's life and death. No one is ever going to jeopardize their place in the food chain. I'm not suggesting they do, but it's a brutal business.

Look at the movies people are watching. They're about nothing. You invest nothing. People can't invest real emotion because it's too terrifying.

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