Co-founded the Portable Theatre, a traveling experimental company; made stage directing debut

Served first as literary manager, later as resident dramatist of Royal Court Theatre

Co-founded and directed Joint Stock Theatre Group

Feature debut, wrote and directed, "Licking Hitler"

Founded Greenpoint Films

First solo screenplay credit for Stephen Fears' "Saigon - Year of the Cat"

Associate director, National Theatre

Returned to National Theatre as an associate director

TV-movie debut, wrote and directed the cable movie, "Heading Home"

Directed an episode of the TV series, "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"

Served as associate producer and also wrote screenplay for "The Secret Rapture" (based on his play)

Received raves reviews for his chamber play "Skylight"; production transferred to Broadway where it was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Play

Enjoyed success with play "Amy's View", featuring a tour de force lead performance by Judi Dench; production recreated on Broadway in spring 1999

Wrote the uneven "The Judas Kiss", a play about Oscar Wilde which starred Liam Neeson in both the London and Broadway productions

Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

Appeared as himself in the one-man show "Via Dolorosa"; recreated the performance on Broadway in the spring of 1999; production filmed and screened at film festivals and on PBS in 2000

Scripted "The Blue Room", a loose adaptation of "La Ronde", produced at the Donmar Theatre in London and starring Nicole Kidman and Iain Glen; production also transferred to Broadway

Wrote the stage play "My Zinc Bed"; also directed the London production at the Royal Court

Adapted Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer-winning novel "The Hours" for the screen; received nominations for a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and an Oscar for Best Screenplay (Adapted)

Penned the drama "The Breath of Life" which teamed Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith for the first time on stage