Made 8mm forty minute audition film

Hired by Cascade Productions; worked under Phil Kellison building props and as stop-motion photographer for commercials

Joined Industrial Light & Magic as camera assistant on "Star Wars"

First film credit, as optical effects photographer on "The Empire Strikes Back"

First credit as special visual effects supervisor, on "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"

Left Industrial Light and Magic to assume presidency of Sony Pictures Imageworks

Signed to make feature directorial debut with "Jumanji 2"; left project in February 2000 over "creative differences"