Known for Directing
Filmography
29 films, 2 shows


Desperation
2006 · 2h 11m · US
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.


Fair Game
1995 · 1h 31m · US
Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her


Junior
1994 · 1h 50m · US
A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out the trial, he has an embryo implant, believing that he will only carry the baby for three months – hardly expecting to face the prospect of giving birth.


Another Stakeout
1993 · 1h 49m · US
A pair of immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where an important Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading.


The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993 · 1h 39m · US
A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.


Point of No Return
1993 · 1h 48m · US
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.


Career Opportunities
1991 · 1h 23m · US
After falling asleep in a Target dressing room, an unhappy heiress wakes up locked inside the store overnight with a local slacker and notorious liar, leading the two unlikely companions to bond over their shared desire to escape their lives.


The Hard Way
1991 · 1h 51m · US
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.


Lock Up
1989 · 1h 49m · US
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.


Coming to America
1988 · 1h 57m · US
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.


Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · 1h 24m · US
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.


Dragnet
1987 · 1h 46m · US
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.


¡Three Amigos!
1986 · 1h 43m · US
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.


Spies Like Us
1985 · 1h 42m · US
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.


Into the Night
1985 · 1h 55m · US
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.


Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983 · 14m · US
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies.