RECENT CREDITS
National Lampoon's Stoned Age (FILM)  Jul. 11, 2008
Look (FILM)  Dec. 14, 2007
Underdog (FILM)  Aug. 3, 2007
Zoom (FILM)  Aug. 11, 2006
Night at the Golden Eagle (FILM)  Apr. 26, 2002


HIGHLIGHTS
2007 Co-penned the live-action version of the classic cartoon "Underdog"
2007 Wrote and directed the independent feature, "Look"; film was shot entirely from the point of view of the security cameras and follows several interweaving, storylines over the course of a random week
2006 Directed and starred as a philosophical caveman in the comedy "Homo Erectus"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Knucklehead   -rewrite
Screenplay
Film


Producer
Film


Producer
Film


Director, Producer, Screenplay
Film


Posse  
Director, Screenplay
Film


Screenplay
Film


Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Look  2007
Director, Screenplay
Film


Underdog  2007
Screenplay, Story By
Film


Zoom  2006
Screenplay, Story By
Film


Director, Producer, Screenplay
Film


Actor
Film


Love and Sex  2000
Special Thanks
Film


Susan's Plan  1999 -Gambler No 1
Actor
TV


Director, Screenplay
Film


Denial  1998 -Reuben
Director, Screenplay, Actor
TV


Screenplay
Film


Mouse Hunt  1997
Screenplay
Film


Bone Chillers  1996
Co-Executive Producer, Creator, Writer
TV


The Chase  1994
Director, Screenplay
Film


The Dark Backward  1991 -Rufus Bing
Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Disturbed  1990
Actor
Film


Going Overboard  1989 -2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Director, Producer
Film


Director, Screenplay
Film


Supervising Producer
TV


Director
Film


Welcome to Hollywood   -codirector, Adam Rifkin
Director, Screenplay, Actor, Story By
Film


Director, Screenplay
Film




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Highlights

2007 Co-penned the live-action version of the classic cartoon "Underdog"
2007 Wrote and directed the independent feature, "Look"; film was shot entirely from the point of view of the security cameras and follows several interweaving, storylines over the course of a random week
2006 Directed and starred as a philosophical caveman in the comedy "Homo Erectus"
2002 Helmed "Night at the Golden Eagle" a drama starring Natasha Lyonne
2001 Helmed "Without Charlie" starring Judy Greer
2000 Co-directed (with Tony Markes) the mockumentary "Welcome to Hollywood" (lensed 1997)
1999 Helmed and re-wrote "Detroit Rock City" about four teens trying to get into a sold-out KISS concert in 1978
1999 Joined with publisher/producer Audrey Kelly to publish "Hollywood's greatest unproduced screenplays" in book form
1998 Contributed to the script of Joe Dante's "Small Soldiers"
1998 Wrote, directed and acted in "Denial/All About Sex"
1997 Wrote script for "Mouse Hunt," the first $100 million hit for the new movie studio DreamWorks
1996 Created and co-executive produced ABC horror series "Bone Chillers"
1995 Hired to direct Pamela Anderson Lee in "Barb Wire"; left project over creative differences after one week of filming
1995 First feature producing credit, Valerie Breiman's "Going Overboard"; also served as second unit director
1994 Reteamed (as writer-director) with Sheen for "The Chase"
1992 Helmed "The Nutty Nut" (released in Germany); did not script; cast included Traci Lords, Peter Lupus and Vince Edwards
1991 Wrote and directed "The Dark Backward," which starred Nelson as a comedian going nowhere until a third arm mysteriously grows out of his back
1990 Acted in Charles Winkler's "Disturbed"
1990 - 1993 Was supervising producer of USA Network's sci-fi series "The Swamp Thing"
1989 Feature directing debut, "Never on Tuesday," a straight-to-video film with Claudia Christian, Charlie Sheen and Judd Nelson, among others; also scripted
1989 Wrote and directed second film "Tale of Two Women" featuring Christian and Valerie Breiman, with narration and poetry by Charlie Sheen
Moved from Chicago to Los Angeles at the age of 18


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