Directorial debut, "Terminal Round", 8-minute short shown at Mill Valley (CA) Film Festival

Worked as commercial director in both Chicago and Minneapolis

Short film "Air Time" debuted at Sundance Festival; first collaboration with writer Scott Rosenberg

TV directing debut, the "Seance" episode of HBO's "Tales From the Crypt"; written by Scott Rosenberg

Returned to boxing (subject of "Terminal Round"), directing "Animal Instinct", a 30-minute documentary about Brooklyn boxer Philip Paolina (shown at 1993 Sundance Festival)

TV-movie directing debut, USA Network's "The Companion"

Directed feature "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"; scripted by Rosenberg

Founded Mojo Films to develop projects for him to produce and direct; in 1997 signed two-year, first-look development deal with New Line

Breakthrough feature, "Kiss the Girls", a dark and moody thriller that reflected the visual influence of 70s films like "The Exorcist" and "Klute"

Directed the impressive "The Subway" episode of the NBC drama series "Homicide: Life on the Street"

Helmed pilot for the CBS drama series "L.A. Doctors"

Attached as director of a biopic of Janis Joplin with Brittany Murphy set to play the singer; project abandoned

Directed the thriller "Don't Say a Word", with Brittany Murphy in a co-starring role

Produced (with star Gary Sinise) and directed the sci-fi film "Impostor"; originally made as a 40-minute short in 1998 to be included in an anthology film called "Light Years", the footage so impressed the executives at Dimension Films that Fleder was given the go-ahead to make a feature-length version

Helmed "The Runaway Jury" (lensed 2002), based on John Grisham's best-seller