Made first short-film at age 17, "Better to Reign In Hell"

Worked at Film Australia, directing short documentaries

First feature credit, as assistant director, "The Golden Cage"

Credited as 2nd assistant director on the feature, "Let the Balloon Go"

Feature directorial debut, "Backroads" (also producer and screenwriter)

Became the part-time manager of the Sydney Filmmaker's Co-operative

Directed and co-wrote the ten-hour Australian mini-series, "Cowra Breakout"

American TV debut, "The Curse"

American feature debut, "Blind Fury"

Major breakthrough as director of the sleeper hit "Dead Calm"

Directed his first Jack Ryan film based on the books by Tom Clancy, "Patriot Games"; the first film with Harrison Ford in the lead role

Directed the voyeuristic thriller "Silver" starring Sharon Stone

Helmed second Tom Clancy film "Clear and Present Danger," again with Ford

Directed update of the pulp hero "The Saint" starring Val Kilmer

Directed the little-seen thriller "The Repair Shop"

Helmed "The Bone Collector" with Denzel Washington

Directed "Rabbit-Proof Fence," a true story of Australian Aboriginal girls set in the 1930s

Directed film adaptation of Graham Greene's "The Quiet American," starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser

Directed Tim Robbins and Derek Luke in "Catch a Fire," which is a true story set in the early 1980s in apartheid-era South Africa