Stage directing debut (date approximate)

First film job as dubbing assistant

Film directing debut, "Summer Holiday"

Began directing for TV

First film as writer (also director), "Robbery"

US film directing debut, "Bullitt"

First film as producer (also director), "Mother, Jugs & Speed"

Had success with the sleeper hit "Breaking Away"; received Oscar nominations as Best Picture and Best Director

Earned second round of Best Picture and Best Director Academy Award nominations for "The Dresser"

Helmed the biopic "Eleni", starring Kate Nelligan

Directed "Suspect", which featured Cher as a defense attorney

Produced and directed "The Run of the Country", starring Albert Finney

Helmed the TNT miniseries "Don Quixote" starring John Lithgow