Raised in Madison, Connecticut

Received first camera, a Super 8 at age 10 (date approximate)

Worked as a freelance film editor

Moved to London to study filmmaking

Returned to USA and moved to Boston

Made the 40-minute experimental "A Short Film About Bowling"

Served as a production assistant on the PBS documentary "Making Sense of the Sixties"

Helped form the Boston Film Collective; produced and edited Collective's first short, "Crosley Fiver"

Worked as an editor on the PBS series "The Americas"

Debut feature, "The Darien Gap"; film starred Lyn Vaus

Co-wrote with Vaus, edited and directed "Next Stop Wonderland"; world rights sold to Miramax at Sundance Film Festival

Signed three-picture deal with Miramax

Directed an episode of NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street"

Helmed third feature, "Happy Accidents"; film produced by IFC Pictures outside of his Miramax deal; screened at the Sundance Film Festival; picked up for distribution by Paramount Classics; option later dropped; IFC Films released film in 2001, one week after opening of fourth movie

Directed the horror thriller "Session 9"

Directed episodes of "The Shield" (FX) and "The Wire" (HBO)

Directed Christian Bale in "The Machinist" about a man who has lost the ability to sleep, which has caused the deterioration of his physical and mental health