Education
Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas finance and economics
Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas broadcast film arts
1997 Co-scripted "Contact", adapted from the Carl Sagan novel
1992 Wrote and co-produced Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
1991 First produced screenplay for a major motion picture, Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (also executive produced with Dodi Fayed)
1984 First produced screenplay, "Gimme an 'F'", a comedy about a spastic cheerleading squad
1977 Produced "Assault on Paradise/Maniac/Ransom", a crime thriller starring Oliver Reed
1977 Wrote his first "Dracula" adaptation
1970 Drove from Texas to San Francisco with a filmmaker friend on the chance of meeting Francis Ford Coppola
1970 Met with Coppola who advised him to keep making movies
Raised in Fort Worth, TX
Produced "Summer Run", the first of several low-budget independent productions
Began writing in earnest in the late 1970s
