Quit his job driving a taxi after selling a script for the the Steve McQueen TV series "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

Wrote the screenplay for the film "Blue" featuring Terence Stamp and Karl Malden

Wrote the Robert Mitchum film "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys"

"American Dream", a series he created and co-wrote, premieres on ABC; nominated for an Emmy for co-writing the pilot episode

"Call to Glory", his critically acclaimed series starring Craig T. Nelson, premieres on ABC

"Fortune Dane" a series he co-produced with Barney Rosenzweig and the show's star Carl Weathers airs on ABC

Adapted the Elmore Leonard novel "Last Stand at Saber River" for a TNT production starring Tom Selleck that achieved the highest rating of any cable movie; won a Western Heritage Wrangler award for his script