Director of photography on "Hemat i Natten"

Directed first short, "Kim G"

Feature directing and screenwriting debut, "Honning Maane/Honeymoon"

Returned to cinematography for several years

Directed second feature film, "Zappa"

August's film, "Twist and Shout" (1985), is released in the United States

Directed first English-language feature, "The House of the Spirits"

Directed two episodes of the ABC adventure series, "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"

Helmed "Smilla's Sense of Snow"

Directed the unexceptional remake of "Les Miserables"

Returned to form with "A Song for Martin," detailing the effect of Alzheimer's disease on a married couple

Helmed "Return to Sender" (2005)

Directed "Goodbye Bafana" a film about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and James Gregory, his censor officer and prison guard; based on the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend by James Gregory