Wrote for TV series such as "Naked City", "Route 66", "Ben Casey" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

First produced screenplay, "Gambit", co-written with Jack Davies

Received solo credit for the script for "The Sterile Cuckoo"

Scripted the NBC TV-movie "The Impatient Heart"

Recieved first Academy Award nomination for his screenplay adaptation "Paper Moon"

Won Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Julia"

Earned second Academy Award for his script for "Ordinary People", directed by Robert Redford

Was one of three credited writers on the screenplay for "Nuts"

Co-wrote (with Ted Talley) "White Palace"

Adapted Jerry Sterner's play "Other People's Money" for the screen

Penned the script for "Bogus", from a stroy by Jeff Rothenberg and Francis X McCarthy

Wrote the screen adaptation of Mona Simpson's novel "Anywhere But Here"