Served in the US Army

Served as director of nighttime programming at NBC

Joined Henry Jaffe Enterprises as a production executive and TV producer, handling musical entertainment

Moved to Ted Bates Advertising Agency; appointed vice president in charge of radio and television programming

Served as executive vice president at Filmways, Inc.; while there he produced, "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "Ice Station Zebra" (1968) and "Catch-22" (1970)

Joined Warner Bros.

Promoted to executive vice president in charge of production at Warner Bros.

Named president of Warner Bros.

Retired from the film industry

Returned to the film industry as an independent producer in partnership with Mike Nichols

Appointed president of United Artists

Named president and COO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (October)

Added title of CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (May)

Stepped down from his postion at Sony Pictures to focus more on producing films

Produced Mike Nichols' film adaptation of "Closer"; film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Picture (Drama)

Produced a film version of the book, "The Da Vinci Code"

Produced the "The Da Vinci Code" sequel, "Angels & Demons"