Wrote and directed short film "Memory Lane"

First collaboration with Alexander Payne, "Citizen Ruth/Meet Ruth Stoops"

With Payne, co-wrote "Election"; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay

Along with Alexander Payne, co-wrote the feature "About Schmidt"

Co-wrote with Alexander Payne the critically acclaimed "Sideways"

Produced "The Savages," a film written and directed by his wife, Tamara Jenkins