Directed first short, "Silent Music"

Directed first feature, "Motel"

Won major world-wide attention for "Gaby - A True Story," the poignant study of a woman he learned about from a television program, a writer coping with cerebral palsy

Returned to Mexico; directed short films and documentaries for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, Conacine, SA and Centro de Producion de Cortometraje

Directed first American feature, "White Palace," starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader