Joined the BBC TV directors' training program

Began directing for the BBC with such productions as "Othello" and Dostoyevsky's "Gambler"

Wrote articles on film for Sight and Sound

Stage directing debut, "The Country Wife" at the Royal Theatre in England

Helped form the English Stage Company with George Goetschius and George Devine

Co-directed first short film, "Mama Don't Allow" with Karel Reisz

Directed groundbreaking production of John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" at London's Royal Court Theatre

Made Broadway directing debut when "Look Back in Anger" moved to New York

Formed own film company, Woodfall Film Productions with John Osborne

Directed first feature, the film adaptation of Osborne's "Look Back in Anger"; produced through Woodfall Film

Produced first feature, "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"; directed by Karel Reisz

Directed first Hollywood film, "Sanctuary"

Helmed first color film, "Tom Jones"

Helmed the British drama, "The Sailor from Gibraltar," starring Jeanne Moreau and then wife Vanessa Redgrave

Directed then wife, Vanessa Redgrave in "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

Directed the film adaptation of Edward Albee's play, "A Delicate Balance"

Fired by Motown head Berry Gordy shortly after production began on "Mahogany," starring Diana Ross; Gordy took over directing

Directed first US TV-movie, "A Death in Canaan"

Wrote and directed the film adaptation of "The Hotel New Hampshire," starring Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe and Beau Bridges

Directed one of three short stories for HBO's anthology special, "Women and Men: Stories of Seduction"

Last feature film, "Blue Skies," starring Jessica Lange in her Oscar winning performance (completed in 1991 and released posthumously)