Moved to Los Angeles to enter the Directors Guild of America Apprenticeship Program

Became assistant director on TV sitcoms "The Odd Couple," "Love, American Style," "Happy Days" and "Phyllis"

Solo directing debut on "Laverne and Shirley"

Signed on with Paramount Pictures to produce "Busting Loose" starring Adam Arkin for CBS

Supervising producer for NBC drama "The Executioner's Song" starring Tommy Lee Jones and Rosanna Arquette

Executive producer of film "Splash" starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah and John Candy

Co-founded (with producer Simon R Lewis) "Making a Short Film" for the UCLA Extension filmmaking program; helped new filmakers to produce, write and direct films to be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Produced "Lily Dale"; aired on Showtime