Born and raised in NYC

Moved to California with family when he was a junior in high school

First feature credit, post-production supervisor, on "Beat Street"

Served as production manager on "F/X"

Was unit production manager on Michael Mann's "Manhunter"

First feature credit as producer, "Campus Man"

Credited as co-producer for "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"

Co-produced "Dick Tracy", directed by Warren Beatty

Served as executive vice president of feature production at 20th Century Fox for five-and-a-half years

Along with director James Cameron, served as a producer on "Titanic"

Formed Blue Horizon, a production company

Merged Blue Horizon into Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment