Returned to New York upon graduation and worked as a journalist at rock music-oriented magazines including Circus, Creem and Rolling Stone during the late 1970s

Wrote first screenplay, "Final Analysis" (filmed in 1991)

First screenplay filmed, "True Believer"

Wrote screenplay for "Eddie Dodd", a pilot for TV series based on "True Believer"

Directed first feature, "The Tie That Binds"

Contributed to the script for "Return to Paradise"

Penned the screenplay for the thriller "The Glass House"