Education
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Homewood-Flossmoor High School Flossmoor, IL 1973
2008 Directed (also co-wrote) Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in the adventure film, "Fool's Gold"
2005 Directed Will Smith in the comedy "Hitch"
2002 Helmed the romantic comedy "Sweet Home Alabama" starring Reese Witherspoon
1999 Directed Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in "Anna and the King"
1998 Directed Drew Barrymore in the Cinderella fairy tale "Ever After"
1997 Helmed the romantic comedy "Fools Rush In" starring Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry
1995 Directed several episodes of the popular sci-fi series "Sliders (aired on Fox and the Sci-Fi Channel)
1995 Feature directorial debut with "It Takes Two" starring the Olsen twins
1993 Directed "The Amy Fisher Story" (ABC) with Drew Barrymore in the title role
1992 Helmed the well-received drama "Keep the Change" (TNT)
1982 Reprised his greaser role in "Grease 2"
1979 Played the part of Babyface in Steven Spielberg's "1941"
1978 Made feature film debut as a dancer in "Grease"
Originally trained as an actor-singer-dancer
Began writing and producing for television.
Helmed multiple episodes of such shows as "The Wonder Years" (ABC) and "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (Fox)
