Known for Directing
Filmography
29 films


Rain Man
1988 · 2h 14m
country: United States
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.


Tootsie
1982 · 1h 56m
country: United States
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.


Absence of Malice
1981 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.


Hide in Plain Sight
1980 · 1h 32m
country: United States
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.


Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.


Empire of the Ants
1977 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.


Panic in Echo Park
1977 · 1h 12m
country: Unknown
A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.


King Kong
1976 · 2h 14m
country: United States
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.


Idaho Transfer
1973 · 1h 26m
country: United States
During a time of waning global resources, a crew of young researchers travel into the future to escape an apocalypse before the shutdown of their time transfer project. They find that some type of disaster has de-populated the Idaho region and, by implication, the nation or perhaps the world.