Grew up in Hong Kong but moved to London at age 18

Directed the Showtime documentary special, "Naked Sports"

Helmed the six-part PBS sports documentary series "Power Plays"

Directed Lifetime documentary, "Anne Rice: Birth of the Vampire"; also produced

Co-produced four-part A&E documentary "Naked News"

Feature debut, a biography of French author-adventurer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Saint-Ex"

Scored a huge hit with "Hilary and Jackie"; based on Hilary and Piers du Pre's memoir of life with their famous cellist sister Jacqueline, A Genius in the Family

Co-produced the film "Girl with a Pearl Earring" about painter Johannes Vermeer

Directed "Shopgirl" starring Claire Danes and Steve Martin; adapted by Martin from his novella

Directed, "And When Did You Last See Your Father?"; based on Blake Morrison's 1993 autobiography of the same name