He got his start as a screenwriter by writing a spec script for an
Alien Vs. Predator movie, while working in development at Paramount UK
in 1991, then selling the script to 20th Century Fox the year after.
After being in development hell for years, although that script was not
used, he was later hired by New Line head Mike DeLuca, who was a fan of
the earlier piece, to write a spec script for Freddy Vs. Jason when
that idea was in development.
