milestones
Year
Milestone
1977 
Served as a camera assistant on such films as "A Bridge Too Far", "Superman" and "The Duellists" (dates approximate)
1984 
Feature directing debut, "Electric Dreams"
 
Directed music videos for Michael Jackson ("Billie Jean") and Madonna ("Burning Up")
1987 
TV directing debut, "Hans My Hedgehog" episode of "The Storyteller"
1990 
US feature directing debut, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
1994 
Directed "Coneheads," a feature film based on the "Saturday Night Live" sketches
1994 
Produced "Reboot" (ABC), the first fully computer-animated children's show
1996 
Debut as screenwriter (also director), "The Adventures of Pinocchio"
1997 
Signed two-year, first-look deal with Jim Henson Productions to develop feature and TV productions
1998 
Helmed the NBC miniseries "Merlin", produced by Hallmark Entertainment; received Emmy nomination
2000 
Directed the Emmy-nominated ABC miniseries "Arabian Nights", produced by Hallmark Entertainment
2001 
Co-produced and directed the comedy "Rat"
2003 
Helmed the Hallmark miniseries, "DreamKeeper"
2007 
Wrote and directed the independent film, "Choking Man"
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