Curiosidades

Chronicled his experiences throughout the tumultuous three-year journey of making the award-winning "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" in his book "Metallica: This Monster Lives", published in 2004 by St. Martins Press.

Profiled in "Hollywood Horrors from the Director's Chair: Six Filmmakers in the Franchise of Fear" by Simon Wilkinson (McFarland, 2008).

Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the National Board of Review.

Is Brother-in-law of casting director Sharon Bialy.

Son of a lumberyard owner and a third grade teacher.

Worked for Ogilvy & Mather before becoming a documentarian.

Graduated from Colgate University with a degree in German.

Has two daughters.

Directed commercials for Ford Motor, Honda Motor, Kodak and Tiffany & Co.