Directed first short "Crocodile Snap," about a woman's bid to escape her violent husband

First television series, "Nature Boy"

Helmed the TV drama "Charles II: The Power & the Passion" (aired in the US as "The Last King")

Made feature directing debut with "Pride and Prejudice," an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic; starred Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director

Re-teamed with Knightley to direct an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement"

Directed the true story of musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers, "The Soloist," who developed schizophrenia in his second year at Juilliard and ended up homeless on the streets of downtown L.A.