Known for Directing
Filmography
16 films, 1 show


The Informant!
2009 · 1h 48m · US
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.


When a Stranger Calls
2006 · 1h 27m · US
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.


Rock Star
2001 · 1h 45m · US
A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his bandmates kick him out of the group he founded. Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long. This film is loosely based on the true story of the band Judas Priest.


The Assassination File
1996 · 1h 46m · US
An ex-FBI agent gradually uncovers the nature of a conspiracy behind the death of a black presidential candidate


Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 · 2h 23m · US
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.


Theodore Rex
1995 · 1h 32m · US
In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.


Indian Summer
1993 · 1h 37m · CA
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.


Strays
1991 · 1h 23m · US
A young married couple and their daughter are terrorized by a pride of ferocious feral felines.


Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989 · 1h 30m · US
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.


Masters of the Universe
1987 · 1h 46m · US
When He-Man is driven from Eternia after Skeletor seizes Castle Grayskull, a stolen portal device strands the fight on Earth, where a pair of teenagers become entangled in a war that spans worlds.


Critters
1986 · 1h 26m · UK
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.


Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986 · 1h 57m · US
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.


A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985 · 1h 27m · UK
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.


The Act
1984 · 1h 34m · US
Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises and surprises, where it's never clear who's really working for whom.


Alone in the Dark
1982 · 1h 33m · US
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.