Known for Directing
Filmography
16 films


Lovely & Amazing
2002 · 1h 32m · US
An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way, but whatever salvation they find is illusory and short-lived.


Murder Live!
1997 · 1h 32m · US
Frank takes Pia Postman hostage on live TV, threatening to execute her after she accepts the blame for his daughter's suicide.


Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 · 1h 30m · US
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.


8 Seconds
1994 · 1h 45m · US
This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.


And the Band Played On
1993 · 2h 20m · US
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.


Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990 · 1h 41m · US
Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.


Blind Fury
1989 · 1h 26m · US
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.


A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989 · 1h 29m · US
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.


The Blob
1988 · 1h 35m · US
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.


Hot Pursuit
1987 · 1h 33m · US
High school student Dan Bartlett misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend and her family on the way to a Caribbean vacation during a school break. He flies there alone, and runs into a series of characters and misadventures as he tries to catch up.


Welcome to 18
1986 · 1h 31m · US
Three young women looking for adventure get jobs on a dude ranch. The film follows the adventures of three high school girls the summer after they graduate. After their jobs at a dude ranch fail to work out, the girls head to Lake Tahoe where they meet Talia (Cristen Kauffman). Talia's boyfriend Roscoe then helps the girls get a job at a casino which leads to trouble.


Paris, Texas
1984 · 2h 25m · UK
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.


Love Streams
1984 · 2h 21m · US
Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.