Moved with his mother and older brother Irving to NYC following his parents' divorce; between the ages of eight and ten attended at least 12 different grammar schools

Returned to Philadelphia to live with his father when he was 14

Worked for local radio station in Philadelphia

Served in US Army during WWII

Formed dramatic group in Fort Jackson, South Carolina while in military service; met future associate, producer Fred Coe

Joined US Army's Soldier Show Company (headed by Joshua Logan, members included Mickey Rooney and Paddy Chayefsky)

Spent two years studying literature at Italian colleges

Began working at NBC-TV in NYC as floor manager on "Colgate Comedy Hour"; worked his way up to assitant director, moving to Los Angeles when show relocated there

Invited to New York by Fred Coe to direct NBC's "Gulf Playhouse: 1st Person" (date approximate)

Began writing and directing TV dramas for "Philco Television Playhouse" (NBC)

Staged a production of James Leo Herlihy's "Blue Denim" for summer stock company in Westport, Connecticut

Moved to CBS, where he directed for "Playhouse 90"

Made inauspicious Broadway debut, directing "The Lovers", which closed after four days

Helmed William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" for "Playhouse 90"

Directed Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw" on Broadway; starred Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft

Feature directorial debut, "The Left-Handed Gun"; produced by Coe

Won a Tony as director of the Broadway version of "The Miracle Worker", starring Bancroft and Patty Duke

Adapted "The Miracle Worker" to the big screen; again with Bancroft and Duke; earned first Oscar nomination as Best Director; Coe produced

Produced and directed "Mickey One", starring Warren Beatty

Deeply dissatisfied with the editing of "The Chase", vowed he would not "give an inch" in the future

Earned second Oscar nomination for "Bonnie and Clyde", starring Beatty (who also produced), Faye Dunaway and Gene Hackman; first of six collaborations with editor Dede Allen

Co-wrote (with Venable Herndon) and directed "Alice's Restaurant"; received third Academy Award nomination for Best Director

Presented view of the American West where the Indians were the good guys in "Little Big Man"

Did no work in theater or television for five years; sole contribution to film was one section of the eight-director documentary on the 1972 Munich Olympics, "Visions of Eight" (1973); his segment, "The Highest", dealt with pole-vaulting

Returned to features with "Night Moves", featuring Hackman

Helmed "Sly Fox" on Broadway, starring George C Scott

Returned to Broadway as director of "Golda", starring Anne Bancroft

Produced and directed "Four Friends", from an autobiographical script by Steve Tesich

Third film with Hackman, "Target"

Directed Ron Silver and Dianne Wiest in "Hunting Cockroaches" for NYC's Manhattan Theatre Club

Last feature film (to date), "Penn and Teller Get Killed"

Contributed to the omnibus project "Lumiere and Company"

Helmed "Inside", a Showtime TV movie exposing the excesses of apartheid in South Africa

In fall, became an executive producer on NBC's "Law & Order"

Returned to stage directing with "Fortune's Fool", starring Alan Bates and Frank Langella