Feature film debut, "A Woman Under the Influence", directed by John Cassavetes and starring Gena Rowlands

TV-movie acting debut, "Reunion"

Made first film as an adult, "Mask"

Made episodic TV debut in a guest spot, "The Marshall Chronicles"

Feature film directing debut, "Unhook the Stars", starring his mother Gena Rowlands

Helmed "She's So Lovely" from an previously unproduced script by his father

Directed the action drama "John Q", starring Denzel Washington

Helmed "Solace" (lensed 2002), about a serial killer on the loose in NYC

Directed his mother Gena Rowlands in the drama "The Notebook," based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks

Wrote and directed "Alpha Dog," a story loosely based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list